Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: C24426
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Retrieved July 7, 2006, 17 pages., Brief presented by the Appellees (CBS, et al) in the 1994 Alar case in which Washington State apple growers sued CBS television network for airing a "60 Minutes" program indicating that Alar, a chemical sprayed on apples, had been found to be a potent carcinogen especially dangerous to children.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C16797
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Thesis, Master of Arts, University of Missouri. 97 pages, Examines the beliefs of the ag media, farmers, land grant researchers and government agency personal concerning sustainable agriculture.
"It is not the job of an ag news broadcaster or agricultural journalist to be an 'advocate'." ..."covering all sides of a story is a responsibility for any reporter."
29 pages., Online via ResearchgGate., This study linked an analysis of media content in five countries to a survey of the authors of articles reported in those countries. "It finds that climate journalism has moved beyond the norm of balance towards a more interpretive pattern of journalism. Quoting contrarian voices still is part of transnational climate coverage, but these quotes are contextualized with a dismissal of climate change denial." Researchers concluded that coverage is overlooking "the more relevant debates about climate change."
