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Veteran journalist Bill Moyers exposed decades of corruption of science and politics by companies, trade associations and PR firms defending the chemical industry in his March 26 documentary, Trade Secrets [5]. In the week leading up to the actual broadcast, the chemical industry launched its own attack [6] on Moyers, claiming that his documentary was unfair and biased. (For Moyers' response, click here [7].) In a speech at the National Press Club [8], Moyers gave additional details of the attacks that have attempted to dissuade PBS from airing the show. He also describes a previous and far more successful effort by chemical interests to suppress and falsely discredit a 1993 Moyers production about pesticides and children's health.
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[1] http://dev.prwatch.org/users/13916/sheldon-rampton
[2] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/corporations
[3] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/health
[4] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdev.prwatch.org%2Fspin%2F2001%2F05%2F445%2Fchemical-industry-attacks-bill-moyers-expos%25C3%25A9-trade-secrets&linkname=Chemical%20Industry%20Attacks%20Bill%20Moyers%20Expos%C3%A9%2C%20%22Trade%20Secrets%22
[5] http://www.pbs.org/tradesecrets/
[6] http://www.abouttradesecrets.org/
[7] http://www.pbs.org/pressroom/2001/spring/tradesecrets/qa.htm
[8] http://www.pbs.org/pressroom/2001/spring/tradesecrets/speech.htm