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August 9, 2019

Report: Monsanto Ran Spying and Intimidation Campaign Against Critics
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An explosive new report by The Guardian reveals that U.S. agribusiness
giant Monsanto ran a "fusion center" to surveil and discredit
journalists and activists who publicly criticized or wrote damning
reports about Monsanto's weed killer Roundup. Documents show Monsanto
collected extensive intelligence on the legendary singer-songwriter Neil
Young, paid Google to promote search results that cast critics
unfavorably, and contacted at least one reporter's editor in hopes of
having her fired. Later in the broadcast, we'll speak to that reporter,
Carey Gillam, as well as Gary Ruskin of the group U.S. Right to Know,
which was also targeted by Monsanto.


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