Wednesday, September 22, 2010

University of Minnesota Cancels Agriculture Documentary (update*3)

by bobtmn

The UofM, my Alma Mater, and that of my kids, today embarrassed me and our state by suppressing the public broadcast of a film about the effect of large scale farming on our rivers and ground water.

The  premier was scheduled for October 5 on public television.  It had already been published and promoted.  Suddenly, a Vice President of the University, whose husband is a lobbyist representing corporate agriculture in Minnesota, decided to take it on herself to cancel the broadcast.  The newspaper quotes a representative as saying the documentary was not "Fair and Balanced".  



continued at Daily Kos....