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Old 03-03-2010, 05:55 PM
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Um, the media just reported the warnings issued by the FDA. But yeah, maybe the media shouldn't pass along this news.

And I do believe they used words like "suspected the source of contamination was..." as they tried to pin down the causes.

But sure, blame the messenger.
The messengers, indoctrinators, manure spreaders did not responsibly report an accurate and CAREFUL warning with specifics of what food and where danger is suspected. It turned out that tomatoes were not even the problem! The FDA didn't tell them to spread false fears, but they did.

The media used dramatic and hype-oriented tactics to make the gullible think every tomato in America was contaminated which is insane. Most of the media is no longer accurate, responsible, careful, informative. Now they are more attuned to getting ratings, and they don't care who they hurt to get them. Follow the money!

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No.

I don't even think the media is told the truth about some of these scares. Then we have the situation in which the profession of journalism is not what it used to be and there is next to no truly invesigative reporting done any more. Reporters just relay what they are told and are happy to have a job. ....
Journalism is definitely not what it once was.
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Old 03-31-2010, 06:14 AM
 
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Thank you, who recommended Campari tomatoes. They are from Canada, I see. They are sort of an oversized cherry tomato, I see, which I did not expect. Although the flavor is good in these little darlings, it is nothing like the flavor of the heirloom Brandywine tomato. If you ever get a chance to grow/purchase a Brandywine, it is worth almost whatever exorbitant price it is selling for. I once found it in my local Lowes and brought it home to grow in my garden. Heaven! There are also seed companies that carry heirlooms. Sometimes farmer's markets will show a few.

If you hear any ancient people complaining that food does not taste the way it used to, taste a Brandywine to get an idea of the taste these old codgers are comparing the current tomatoes to.

Tomatoes these days are bred for portability, etc. Even the stuff sold that you can grow yourself have been tinkered with for disease resistance. All this manipulation has lowered both the flavor and vitamin content of what passes for tomatoes these days. I got the vitamin info from a PhD/horticulturist at Rutgers, where a lot of the hybrids come from.
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