[MAIPC] Another attack on invasive plant control

[Muth, Norris (MUTH)]

Does anyone know if any individuals or groups have tried to reach out to him? He has such a loud voice and broad following we might do better, if there were any hope, of softening or adding nuance to his voice (maybe even making him a convert)?

I’d be happy to be involved in reaching out, though it might be most likely to succeed if anyone with more knowledge about the show than I could identify an existing contact with him that we could lean on to participate.

Norris

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From: Stephen Hiltner <stevehiltner at gmail.com<mailto:stevehiltner at gmail.com>>
Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 11:49 AM
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Subject: [MAIPC] Another attack on invasive plant control

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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