http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/7911/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/networks-overblown-tomato-scare-oops <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/kelly-brown">Kelly Brown</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >     So apparently tomatoes are not the cause of the recent salmonella outbreak, according to the Food and Drug Administration. But the announcement did not come until after a widespread – and largely media-driven – “red scare” that cost the industry more than $100 million.</p> <br /> <p >     And network news shows, while ignoring their own role in the tomato scare, are already setting their sights on the next potential culprit: peppers.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/networks-overblown-tomato-scare-oops" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Business Media disease jalepeno journalist network outbreak pepper salmonella scare tomato Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:16:48 +0000 admin 26037 at http://archive2.mrc.org