GMO Re-Education: Monsanto, Dow and Biotech Firms Unite to Launch Disinformation SiteDaisy Luther If you had a question about the honesty and integrity of a person in an authority position, would you ask that person to investigate himself and then accept his findings? (I mean, if you were a normal person, not if your name is Barack or Eric.) If a company came out with a new medication that promised to cure your ills overnight, would you ask the company that produced it whether it was safe and trust them to be honest, or would you feel that their answer might be colored by their urge to make a buck? So why on earth would anyone possibly believe that the likes of Monsanto, Dow, and DuPont would be spreading anything but sales-driven propaganda on their new website GMOAnswers? Are they serious or is this some kind of big public relations joke being played out on a national platform? Are we being punked? What kind of person would look up their answers on a website SPONSORED by the very people who are putting out the toxic garbage theyd like us to believe is food? In the most outrageous, blatant case of the foxes being put in charge of the henhouse that I have ever seen, the big biotech companies got together and launched their propaganda site GMOAnswers today. It is run by the Council for Biotechnology Information, whose members include Monsanto, Dow Chemical, DuPont, Syngenta, Bayer CropScience and BASF. The site contains a heavily moderated question and answer forum and a complete compendium of disinformation in the section called Explore GMOs. They purport that the website is an acknowledgement that they need to change: Genetically modified organisms GMOs are a major topic of discussion today. Across our society, media and the Internet, a growing number of people have shared a wide range of questions and emotions on the topic ranging from excitement and optimism to skepticism and even fear. GMO Answers was created to do a better job answering your questions no matter what they are about GMOs. The biotech industry stands 100 percent behind the health and safety of the GM crops on the market today, but we acknowledge that we havent done the best job communicating about them what they are, how they are made, what the safety data says. This website is the beginning of a new conversation among everyone who cares about how our food is grown. Join us. Ask tough questions. Be skeptical. Be open. We look forward to sharing answers. (source) And they tout these 5 principles: The most notable things that I saw about the discussions there is that the experts are all pro-GMO. There is a very subtle bias against those with concerns, despite the fact that many of them are quoting real statistics and genuine peer-reviewed studies. How many experts that are anti-GMO are being moderated right out of the discussion using the House Rules? This website, sadly, is nothing more than an indoctrination vehicle for furthering the myths that Monsanto wants you to believe. Biotech is on the defensive now they have been backed into a corner by activists who insist that the GMOs in our food supply, at the very least, be labeled, so that we can make an informed decision about what we feed our families. This false transparency is their last ditch effort to head off pro-labeling legislation and to keep their toxins hidden in our food supply. What can we do? Ive created my own profile over there so that I can join the discussion. If you decide to join me, please follow the House Rules to the best of your ability and additionally, remember that you want to garner respect, not scorn, so: If other people who dont know a lot about GMOs come to the forum and see anti-GMO activists scrapping it out in an uncivil fashion, it will close their eyes to the message we are trying to share. Dont be afraid to be passionate, but please remember that you are representing all of us who say no to GMO. Do you remember when Cheerios launched the Facebook App that allowed consumers to share what they really thought about the toxin-laden cereal? That was a PR move that backfired dramatically when users bombarded the companys page with anti-GMO messages. Biotech must have missed that, because theyve invited us to Be skeptical. Be open. We want to hear from you. Lets give them what they asked for, shall we? RELATED ACTIVIST POST ARTICLE: Daisy Luther is a freelance writer and editor. Her website,The Organic Prepper, wherethis article first appeared, offers information on healthy prepping, including premium nutritional choices, general wellness and non-tech solutions. You can follow Daisy onFacebookandTwitter, and you can email her atdaisy@theorganicprepper.ca 