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muriel_volestrangler

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7. When has reporting facts been 'out of line'?

Mon Feb 15, 2016, 09:59 AM

Feb 2016

When I pointed out that Sumitomo, not Monsanto as they had claimed, was the maker of the larvicide, they linked to a press release which in no way said Monsanto is connected to Pyriproxyfen. It was about the 2 companies cooperating on a different product, that kills plants, not larvae. If they'd read it, they would not have claimed "Monsanto is in a partnership with this company on this larvaside" - unless, that is, they knew Monsanto wasn't connected to the larvicide, and hope no-one would read what they linked to.

They inserted Monsanto into the headline Fox News used, when there was no mention of Monsanto in the article - unsurprising, because Monsanto is the wrong corporation.

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Brazilian state suspends Monsanto larvicide used to combat Zika virus [View all] Ichingcarpenter Feb 2016 OP

�It�s Not the Zika Virus� � Doctors Expose Monsanto Linked Pesticide as Cause of Birth Defects Read Ichingcarpenter Feb 2016 #1

It's not Monsanto, it's Sumitomo Chemical - this is in your own article muriel_volestrangler Feb 2016 #2

Joint Press Release: Monsanto, Sumitomo Chemical and Valent Extend Crop Protection Collaboration Ichingcarpenter Feb 2016 #4

That's not about the larvicide, that's about the herbicide Roundup, in the USA, not Latin America muriel_volestrangler Feb 2016 #5

I think you are out of line here. noamnety Feb 2016 #6

When has reporting facts been 'out of line'? muriel_volestrangler Feb 2016 #7

Reporting facts is not out of line. noamnety Feb 2016 #8

It's not as if they've withdrawn the Monsanto claim in their thread title muriel_volestrangler Feb 2016 #9

Maybe they aren't online 24/7 noamnety Feb 2016 #10

They last posted on DU just 2 minutes before you made post #10 muriel_volestrangler Feb 2016 #11

Pyriproxyfen appears to be as bad as or worse malaise Feb 2016 #3