The report investigated 11 newspapers and three weekly news magazines between September 1999 and August 2001. Out of 40 op-eds, 31 supported GM foods and crops while only seven were critical. Two op-eds argued for labeling of GM foods. Newspaper editorials were united in supporting GM foods and crops and only diverged on the issue of labeling.
The papers surveyed were: The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Houston Chronicle, Newsday (New York), The Washington Post, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal. The newsweekly magazines were: Time, Newsweek, and The Economist.
The report is based on searches conducted on the Nexis database using the search term "bioengineered foods or genetically modified foods or genetically engineered foods or biotechnology. The findings were reduced to "editorial or op-ed or opinion or commentary."
An HTML copy of the report can be found at: http://www.foodfirst.org/media/press/2002/biotechbiasreport.html.
A PDF version can be found at: http://www.foodfirst.org/media/press/2002/biotechbiasreport.pdf.
For more information, please contact Nick Parker at 1 (510) 654-4400. ext. 229
author: news service: Common Dreams
url: http://www.commondreams.org/news2002/0429-06.htm
date: 2002-05-01
The papers surveyed were: The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Houston Chronicle, Newsday (New York), The Washington Post, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal. The newsweekly magazines were: Time, Newsweek, and The Economist.
The report is based on searches conducted on the Nexis database using the search term "bioengineered foods or genetically modified foods or genetically engineered foods or biotechnology. The findings were reduced to "editorial or op-ed or opinion or commentary."
An HTML copy of the report can be found at: http://www.foodfirst.org/media/press/2002/biotechbiasreport.html.
A PDF version can be found at: http://www.foodfirst.org/media/press/2002/biotechbiasreport.pdf.
For more information, please contact Nick Parker at 1 (510) 654-4400. ext. 229
author: news service: Common Dreams
url: http://www.commondreams.org/news2002/0429-06.htm
date: 2002-05-01