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According the *Advisory Board, [[National Journalism CenterCommittee for a Constructive Tomorrow]]'s profile of him<ref>[http://www.cfact.org/site/advisors.asp Advisory Board], Fumento attended an NJC course in the fall of 1985 and has subsequently been "National Issues reporterCommittee for a Constructive Tomorrow, ''Investor's Business Daily'', legal writer, ''Washington Times'', editorial writer, ''Rocky Mountain News'' (CO), U.S. correspondentaccessed September 19, ''A3 Umwelt'' (Austria)2008."</ref>
In an article published in the Idaho Statesman in December 1998, *[http://www.americanscientist.org/template/BookReviewTypeDetail/assetid/32709 BioHype] a critique of Fumento complained of "environmentalists' never-ending campaign against pesticides" and suggested that if pesticides were banned that "...wes ''Bioevolution''ll all be forced to eat expensive, ugly, shriveled-looking organic produce...". ==SourceWatch Resources==*[[Hudson Institute]]*[[Pundit payola]]from American Scientist Online
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{{Show badges| tobaccowiki}}'''Michael Fumento''' is a Senior Fellow at the [[Hudson Institute]] in Washington D.C. and a close friend and co-worker with TASSC's [[Steven J Milloy]] on spreading Philip Morris's "junk-science" claims.
Fumento graduated in 1985 from the University of Illinois College of Law. "He has been a legal writer for the ''Washington Times'', editorial writer for the ''Rocky Mountain News'' in Denver, and was the first "National Issues" reporter for ''Investors' Business Daily''. Mr. Fumento was the 1994 Warren T. Brookes Fellow in Environmental Journalism at the [[Competitive Enterprise Institute]] in Washington, D.C., a fellow with [[Consumer Alert]] in Washington, D.C., and a science correspondent for ''Reason'' magazine," according to a biographical note in a report he co-edited. "Fumento has lectured on science and health issues throughout the nation and the world, including Great Britain, France, the Czech Republic, Greece, Austria, Hong Kong, China, and South America," the profile continues. [http://www.cgfi.org/materials/key_pubs/fear_profiteers.pdf]
==Tobacco issues==Fumento no longer works for the Hudson Institute. He is a graduate of the partly tobacco-funded [[National Journalism Center]] (NJC),[https://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/2000Q3/secondhand.html][http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/omz88e00] although he graduated in 1985 [http://www.yaf.org/InnerPageTemplate.aspx?id=104&terms=Fumento] and the tobacco connection dates back only to 1993. [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/dtv34e00] According to a 1993 Five year plan written by [[Thomas J. Borelli]] of [[Philip Morris]] Corporate Scientific Affairs department, PM "Support[s] the efforts of...the National Journalism Center to conduct policy forums and issue papers on junk science and health care reform."[http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/ufu92e00] He has been a vocal critic of the U.S. [[Environmental Protection Agency]]'s 1993 Risk Assessment on secondhand smoke.[http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/lvr08d00] In a July 7, 1996 article in the Rocky Mountain News, Fumento disputed whether the nicotine in cigarettes is addictive, stating "The FDA is using the addiction issue as an excuse to gain the power to regulate tobacco." though he added, "personally I like some of" the proposed regulations.[http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/pzb60c00] Elsewhere, in distinguishing between active and passive smoking he has written that active smoking is "a terrible killer" [http://www.fumento.com/disease/smokingdebate.html] and "Smoking – real smoking – is both vile and deadly." [http://www.fumento.com/disease/passive-smoking.html] According the [[National Journalism Center]]'s profile of him, Fumento attended an NJC course in the fall of 1985 and has subsequently been "National Issues reporter, ''Investor's Business Daily'', legal writer, ''Washington Times'', editorial writer, ''Rocky Mountain News'' (CO), U.S. correspondent, ''A3 Umwelt'' (Austria)." Fumento has also held a number of positions at conservative [[think tanks]], including being a fellow at the [[American Enterprise Institute]] and a science advisor to the [[Atlantic Legal Institute]]. <hr> <b>1995 Jun 13</b> [[Peggy Carter]] at RJ Reynolds is writing to the top misinformation team in the company, [[Tom Griscom]], [[Charles Blixt|Chuck Blixt]] and [[Daniel Donahue|Dan Donahue]] about her observations at a recent [[Manhattan Institute]] seminar on '''"Junk Science and the Law"'''. <font color=green>: [[Walter Olson]] and [[Peter Huber]] at the Manhattan Institute were both in the pay of Philip Morris and promoting their junk-science propaganda.</font> She comments on some in attendance:<blockquote> * [[Michael Fumento]]: <I>Mike authored the Investor's Business Daily piece on the [[EPA's ETS risk assessment]] that we've been sending out for some time. He told me that piece generated more reaction than anything he's ever done. <u>He's clearly keeping his distance from the industry to preserve his neutral position. [[Matt Swetonic]] advises on the QT that work is in progress to nationally syndicate Mike as a science columnist.</u></i>* [[Steve Milloy]]: <i>Milloy included in his remarks a recap of the problems with the [[EPA's ETS risk assessment]], and told me privately that we're really getting "screwed" on this issue. He asked me if I knew CRS was working on an evaluation of the EPA's assessment; seems he and [[C. Stephen Redhead|Steve Redhead]] (the CRS official who contacted us) are good friends. He characterized Redhead as an "anti." Dr. Redhead told Milloy last week that their report was going to require "significant rewrite." <br>In response to my question about why, he indicated Redhead felt the only issue was in homes with high exposures over long periods of time. He clearly did not want to be more precise, and apparently felt that was clue enough. Perhaps Chris Coggins can tea-leaf read if - that means CRS was convinced to reevaluate their position on high exposures.</i>[http://industrydocuments.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/docs/hzkm0020]</blockquote><font color=green>: [[C. Stephen Redhead]] was a physiologist who worked for the Congressional Research Center who became embroiled in controversy over the [[Jane C Gravelle|Gravelle]] CRS report which attacked the EPA's anti-tobacco stance (she was actually an Economics Policy analyst). [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/cpb05b00/pdf] Redhead had already, reported on Mortality and Economic Costs Attributable to Smoking and Alcohol Abuse in April 1993. </font> [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/zse23d00/pdf]==Pro-GMO (Which It Pays To Be)=="[[Scripps Howard News Service]] announced Jan. 13 that it's severing its business relationship with columnist Michael Fumento, who's also a senior fellow at the conservative [[Hudson Institute]]," reported BusinessWeek in 2006. "The move comes after inquiries from BusinessWeek Online about [[Pundit payola|payments Fumento received]] from agribusiness giant [[Monsanto]] -- a frequent subject of praise in Fumento's opinion columns and a book." Scripps Howard general manager Peter Copeland said Fumento "did not tell SHNS editors, and therefore we did not tell our readers, that in 1999 Hudson received a $60,000 grant from Monsanto." The grant was for Fumento's book ''BioEvolution'' published by [[Encounter Books]]. [http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/jan2006/nf20060113_2851_db035.htm] Fumento called himself "extremely pro-biotech" and said that, as he was soliciting financial support from "everybody" for his then-unwritten book ''BioEvolution'', he told Monsanto, "The biotech industry is going to look really good, and you should contribute." Fumento said his recent columns, including a January 5, 2006 piece praising new Monsanto products, were not "quid pro quo." He added, "I think there's a statue of limitations on that." [http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/jan2006/nf20060113_2851_db035.htm] Fumento insists that there was nothing ethically wrong with his failure to disclose Monsanto's contribution to his book. "I acted completely ethically, and within a month or two nobody will doubt that," Fumento wrote in an e-mail to ''Businessweek''. ==Anti-Environmentalist==In a December 1998 article published in the ''Idaho Statesman'', Fumento complained of "environmentalists' never-ending campaign against pesticides." His ire had been provoked by a [[Natural Resources Defense Council]] report titled, "Trouble on the Farm: Growing up with Pesticides in Agricultural Communities." He referred to NRDC as "a group of suit-wearing city slickers who rarely get closer to a farm than watching 'Green Acres' reruns." [http://www.junkscience.com/jan99/slicker.htm] Fumento claimed, "Ultimately the NRDC does not want safe use of pesticides; it wants no use." He warned that, if NRDC were to have its way, Americans would be "forced to eat expensive, ugly, shriveled-looking organic produce and foreign competitors will have our farmers foreclosing at rates not seen since the dust bowl days." [http://www.junkscience.com/jan99/slicker.htm] {{Template:AntiEnvironmentalArchives}}
==Books==
*''The Myth of Heterosexual AIDS''
==Contact Information==
Michael Fumento<br>
Hudson Institute<br>
1015 15th Street NW (the [[Examiner Building (Washington DC)]], home to numerous conservative organizations)<br>
Suite 300<br>
Washington, DC 20005
Email: fumento AT pobox.com
==SourceWatch Resources==*[[Hudson Institute]]*[[Pundit payola]]*[[Monsanto]] ==External Linkslinks ==*[http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/fumento/ Deltoid on Fumento]*"[http://www.fumento.com/biography.html Biography of Michael Fumento]", accessed January 2006.
*"City slickers off target in pesticide report", ''The Idaho Statesman'', December 15, 1998.
*[[Bonner Cohen]], et al., ed., "[http://www.cgfi.org/materials/key_pubs/fear_profiteers.pdf The Fear Profiteers: Do 'Socially Responsible' Businesses Sow Health Scares to Reap Monetary Rewards?]", February 2002, page 79.
*National Journalism Center, "[http://thereporter.us/f Michael Fumento]", accessed November 27, 2003.
*Eamon Javers, "[http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/jan2006/nf20060113_2851_db035.htm A Columnist Backed by Monsanto: Michael Fumento's failure to disclose payments to him in 1999 from the agribusiness giant have now caused Scripps Howard to sever its ties to him]," ''BusinessWeek Online'', January 13, 2006.
*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/16/AR2006041601027_pf.html Howard Kurtz,] "[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/15/AR2006011501113_pf.html Monsanto's Man?]", ''Washington Post'', January 15, 2006.
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