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What is it with The Food Movement and beef?

By The Editors, May 8, 2015 // 12 Comments

Nobody, it seems, wants to take on the beef industry in California—an industry that claims to be sustainable, when it clearly isn’t.

SOURCE WATCH

Sustainable Cowboys or Welfare Ranchers of the American West?

By Vickery Eckhoff, February 12, 2015 // 100 Comments

Five hundred million dollars[1]. That’s what 21,000[2] ranchers who graze their livestock on America’s iconic western rangelands are estimated to have cost US taxpayers... [View more]

Rated: F

Article Review:

"Why You Really Should (But Really Can't) Eat Horse Meat"

the Guardian - Jan 09, 2015

Guardian’s Wild Horse Meat Story Contains 92% Beef

By Vickery Eckhoff, January 27, 2015 // 21 Comments

Caty Enders handed the reins of her wild horse article to meat industry suppliers and sources. Hidden economic conflicts of interest — and significant errors — ensued.

Rated: D

Article Review:

"Actually, Raising Beef Is Good For The Planet"

Wall Street Journal - Dec 19, 2014

Grass-Fraud Beef

By James McWilliams, January 6, 2015 // 7 Comments

In her recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, “Actually, Raising Beef Is Good For The Planet,” Nicolette Hahn Niman, a self-described vegetarian rancher, argues that raising cattle has environmental consequences that have been exaggerated by mainstream science and the... [View more]

Rated: F

Article Review:

"As Wild Horses Overrun the West, Ranchers Fear Land Will Be Gobbled Up"

New York Times - Sep 30, 2014

Misrepresenting Wild Horses At The New York Times

By Vickery Eckhoff, January 6, 2015 // 38 Comments

How much disclosure does the media owe its readers? Two New York Times articles illuminate the complexity of this timely question: “Hidden Interests, Closer to Home,” by Public Editor Margaret Sullivan (Sept. 20, 2014), and “As Wild Horses Overrun the West,... [View more]