Appellate brief (1994) for CBS in Alar Case

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Report
    Publication Date:
    1994
    URL:
    http://www.cspinet.org/foodspeak/laws/cbsbrief.htm
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: C24426
    Subject Term:
    accuracy, broadcasts, chemicals, coverage, fruit, pesticides, reporting, risk communication, television programming, environmental journalism, apples, and bias
    Notes:
    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.

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