"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."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10392
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Online from Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, New York City, New York. 9 pages., "Is it a conflict of interest for a columnist who covers food and agriculture to take money from agrichemical industry interest groups?"
Author examines potentials for bias in coverage efforts of farm media, as reflected in a Trade Talk activity at the annual meeting of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting.