Sunday, March 19th, 2017
Editor’s Note – Correction
Author: Stephan A. Schwartz
Source: Schwartzreport
Publication Date: 18 March 2017
Link: Editor’s Note – Correction
Source: Schwartzreport
Publication Date: 18 March 2017
Link: Editor’s Note – Correction
Stephan: It doesn't happen often, I work really hard to make sure what appears in SR is correct, but it does happen: I get facts wrong. And when I do, there is nothing to do but admit it and correct it.
Yesterday i published a list of companies supposedly owned by Monsanto. Several readers wrote to tell me they had previously seen this list and it was not accurate. Two hours of searching and checking revealed two things: First, this list has been reprinted so many times many assume it is correct, but my readers were correct; it is not accurate. Second, actually putting together a list of the companies owned by Monsanto is extremely difficult.
Monsanto owns companies, that own companies, that own companies, and they are clearly not interested in seeing an accurate list assembled. So I don't really have a list with which to correct yesterday's list. I'm sorry.
If anyone does have such a list, and can send me the URL I would appreciate it, but I also don't want to be embarrassed twice so it needs to be a fully documented list.
Yesterday’s report wasn’t your error, it was simply a confusing title on the graphic. The title implied the companies were owned by Monsanto, which of course they aren’t. No one expects Monsanto to own Pepsico, for example. I’m glad you had it on there though, because it make a valid point: to bring down a corporate monster, you hit them in their most vulnerable spot: their income. We may not buy seeds and pesticides from Monsanto, but it’s also important that we don’t buy products made with those things. By purposely choosing organic products we are shutting down Monsanto’s income stream. And getting products that often taste better and are better for both us and the Earth. It’s a real win-win. So just relabel that graphic “Monsanto’s Biggest Corporate Customers – Do Not Buy” and use it as planned.
Wouldn’t Monsanto’s annual report have a list of its companies or at least something that would be a link to the ones we don’t know about?
A corporation is a legal entity that can give birth to its parent. As a vehicle for dodging liability it does the job. Yes it has the rights given to humans. Ah. We live in the obverse of law.