(October 17, 2014 at 8:08 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Yeesh, I hadn't heard of that one, is the debating still going on today or is it kind of a dead issue?
No its very much an on-going struggle. There has recently (i.e. 2014) been a big "local" push in the US to get media here to actively support and report postively on the issue in an attempt to generate more positive media coverage and perhaps interest deeper pockets in this humanitarian project -- but, as one might expect given the weird American attitude over GMOs, local media (beyond, say PBS) refuses to throw in with the supporters of Golden Rice in any way, not because they disagree with the effort, but merely because they fear losing market share by appearing too pro-GMO. Its rather predictable, given the general chicken-shit attitude of US media outlets in the past, but also rather disgusting and depressing too. IMO, its as unethical as ignoring, say, vaccination efforts to stop a treatable disease in fear of pissing off anti-vax nutters.
