Monsanto Employee Admits an Entire Department Exists to "Discredit" Scientists

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20. OK, I've figured out the problem

The original source for this story appears to be Stephanie Hamilton at Kos. The piece in the OP for the thread by Christina Sarich plagiar... er, quoted heavily without attribution from Hamilton, and added some errors in the process. In the original it is clear that the person who attended the talk is Hamilton (with the location/date not given beyond "recently&quot and Hamilton wrote

One student asked what Monsanto was doing to counter the “bad science” around their work. Dr. Moar, perhaps forgetting that this was a public event, then revealed that Monsanto indeed had “an entire department” (waving his arm for emphasis) dedicated to “debunking” science which disagreed with theirs. As far as I know this is the first time that a Monsanto functionary has publically admitted that they have such an entity which brings their immense political and financial weight to bear on scientists who dare to publish against them. The Discredit Bureau will not be found on their official website.

I would recommend referring anyone interested in this to Hamilton's piece rather than the truthout story.