[MAIPC] Another attack on invasive plant control

[Stephen Hiltner]

Though the NY Times has been doing more than its share, another surprising
source of distortions on the invasive species issue is NPR's You Bet Your
Garden program, whose post
<http://www.gardensalive.com/product/lesser-celandinefor-some-a-bitter-buttercup/you_bet_your_garden>on
lesser celandine shows up on the first page of a google search. The host,
Mike McGrath, who comes from an organic gardening background, attempts to
impose the organic ethic on habitat restoration, a subject he seems to know
nothing about. He is widely listened to, and his website widely read,
making him a significant contributor to the false narrative. Might we want
to start a letter writing campaign, perhaps directly to NPR, to have him
remove the misinformation from his website?

As with the NY Times pieces, I've written a detailed critique:

http://newscompanion.blogspot.com/2016/05/you-bet-your-garden-radio-show.html
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