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OrwellwasRight

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6. Yes, but the study was presented as a "debunk"
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 05:33 PM
Oct 2012

which is a typical RW tactic. Debunk a claim we never made in order to discredit the whole idea. If they sell the uninformed masses on the idea that there is no difference between organic foods and non-organic foods, they can reduce demand for organic foods and up the sales of factor farm created and GMO-laced whatever. So the study was a boon to the factory farm industry.

NPR got so many complaints about the story they had to go back the second day and explain that the claim that was "debunked" was a claim that nobody was making and to explain that the study neglected to look at environmental effects.

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