Author Michael Pollan Fills In the GMO, NYT Blanks

One of the lessons here is be careful what you tweet before unplugging for summer vacation.

On July 28, author Michael Pollan made a Twitter observation about a New York Times investigation into genetically modified oranges authored by Pulitzer Prize winner Amy Harmon; his tweet set the Internet on fire. Today, Columbia Journalism Review contributor Alexis Sobel Fitts shares the highlights of a much longer telephone conversation with Pollan.

The erudite CJR reader comments are already coming in. Pollan basically runs through the GMO industry “talking points” that he cryptically referred to in his original tweet.

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