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Reuters Versus UN Cancer Agency: Are Corporate Ties Influencing Science Coverage?

FAIR, a media critic group that scrutinizes media practices, is taking issue with the way media giant Reuters handles news on the pesticide industry. Specifically, FAIR is accusing Reuters of unbalanced coverage favoring industry on the United Nations’ determination that glyphosate — the product in Monsanto’s Roundup — is “probably carcinogenic to humans.” According to FAIR, Reuters’ reporter Kate Kelland not only has ties to Science Media Centre (SMC)...