The Psychopath Epidemic by Cameron Reilly

Author:Cameron Reilly
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Health Communications Inc
Published: 2020-01-06T16:00:00+00:00

One of the documents Oreskes & Conway uncovered was Bad Science: A Resource Book. They describe it as “a how-to handbook for fact fighters, providing example after example of successful strategies for undermining science, and a list of experts with scientific credentials available to comment on any issue about which a think tank or corporation needed a negative sound bite.”234

That’s what front groups do best. They sufficiently sow the seeds of doubt about a particular issue, so the corporations can avoid being forced to change their behavior as long as possible.

According to SourceWatch.org:

[The tobacco industry is] notorious for using front groups to create confusion about the health risks associated with smoking, but other industries use similar tactics as well. The pharmaceutical and healthcare industries use front groups disguised as “patient’s rights” advocates to market their products and to lobby against government policies that might affect their profits. Food companies, corporate polluters, politicians—anyone who has a message that they are trying to sell to a skeptical audience is tempted to set up a front group to deliver messages that they know the public will reject if the identity of the sponsor is known.

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