ANTZ Hit Pieces #4238 and 4239

[Jman8]

My local newspaper, Journal Sentinel, has 2 articles recently published. I saw one in the paper, searched for it online and found a second one, published the same day with similar headline but different content. (Breaking links because I think it is warranted)

http: //www. jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/cases-tie-e-cigarettes-to-lung-injuries-pneumonia-b99606028z1-338598861.html

http: //www. jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/faith-based-shareholder-groups-confront-e-cigarette-companies-b99606264z1-338599271.html

I've read the first one. 94% of it is ANTZ hit piece type stuff. Propaganda. Some of it feeding off of Dr. F. study. I've just glanced at the second one which is a bit bizarre but is really just more frenzy from the Dr. F. data.

 

[LaraC]

I read the second one.

A couple of excerpts:

"Religious groups that hold shares in Altria and Reynolds American this week called on the companies to test their products, including electronic cigarettes, for toxic chemicals and take other measures to protect the safety of consumers."
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"The New York-based Interfaith Center is a group of nearly 300 organizations, such as Catholic Health Initiatives, that focuses on socially responsible investing. Some of the member organizations have bans on buying certain "sin" stocks. Others buy them specifically to engage leaders and encourage ethical decision making. All told, group members have more than $100 billion in assets."

Good grief!!

 

[Jman8]

Good grief!!

Exactly my sentiments.

 

[CarolT]

I read the second one.

A couple of excerpts:

"Religious groups that hold shares in Altria and Reynolds American this week called on the companies to test their products, including electronic cigarettes, for toxic chemicals and take other measures to protect the safety of consumers."
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"The New York-based Interfaith Center is a group of nearly 300 organizations, such as Catholic Health Initiatives, that focuses on socially responsible investing. Some of the member organizations have bans on buying certain "sin" stocks. Others buy them specifically to engage leaders and encourage ethical decision making. All told, group members have more than $100 billion in assets."

Good grief!!

Yes, and those are only the openly anti-smoker stockholders. I'm convinced that the anti-smokers have mostly worked covertly, that they use their voting power to install their own, covertly anti-smoker stooges on the boards of directors of tobacco companies. etc., and by this means select and control the executives of those companies to make them surrender without a fight. Because this is exactly what they've done, ever since the 1950s, despite the anti-smokers' empty drivel about the tobacco companies supposedly fighting them.

 

[WharfRat1976]

The links didn't work. Is this in Milwaukee?

 

[Jman8]

The links didn't work. Is this in Milwaukee?

Links were broken intentionally.

Yes, it is in Milwaukee.