Mr. Lichtenstein, This article is so disappointing :( There is nothing but assumptions and suggestions, without evidence to back up any intentional wrongdoing. The best proof you have in this article is that David Entine says so? (Quoted from your article) “Although not stated in his story, Entine claims that Ritte is now under investigation. “I can tell you for a fact that he’s under investigation,” wrote Entine, but would provide no other details or explanation as to who exactly is doing the investigation.” Of course he would not provide any details, because there aren’t any. This story is nothing more than a hatchet job designed to attack and discredit Walter for being an active voice against pesticides and gmo’s. Has anyone wondered why a regular Forbes contributor would be so focused on a small Hawaii OHA election, where the person running for office didn’t even win the election? It makes sense when you discover who David Entine really is!! A few searches in GOOGLE shows that Entine’s lucrative empire includes a media consultancy with clients Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and formerly with Monsanto, a pro-chemical book deal with the Monsanto-funded American Council On Science And Health, a GMO media lobbying outfit called The Genetic Literacy Project, a relationship with STATS (George Mason University ‘advocate scientific and statistical methods as the best way of analyzing and solving society’s problems’), Senior Research Fellow with the Center for Health and Risk Communication (George Mason University) and he is a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (with a focus on anti-environmental issues) All these professional and Academic positions yet Entine has no science degree, no statistics degree, and no medical degree. When you dig a little deeper you see that David Entine is nothing more than a “PAID PRO-GMO ACTIVIST” with a BA in Philosophy! So what’s David Entine doing advising the public on medical, statistical and health issues? Why would Bill Gates and Monsanto finance his empire? Answer: Mainstream media access. Entine was a producer for Tom Brokaw (NBC News) and ABC News. Entine’s empire is based on tapping his media background to counter consumer resistance to genetically modified products. therefusers/refusers-newsroom/meet-jon-entine-pro-monsanto-gmo-activist-and-pro-bill-gates-activist/#.UjVqIj9jFzU More links about David Entine that might interest you: elle/news/culture/gmo-food-debate gmwatch.org/index.php/news/archive/2013/14800 motherjones/tom-philpott/2012/02/atrazine-syngengta-tyrone-hayes-jon-entine If you want a real story to investigate, lets investigate how many politicians have received money from Monsanto and other chemical companies and then submitted bills like H.B. NO. 1226 to the Legislature to protect GMO companies!! Reply
Posted on: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 07:46:14 +0000
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