According to documents exclusively obtained by NewsBusters, the Chilean Salmon Council is accusing The New York Times of publishing an article that was paid for, sourced, and written by a web of left-leaning environmental activist groups and journalists. The accusations have so far led to an on-going internal investigation at the so-called “paper of record.”
The documents allege that the August article titled “Salmon Farms in Patagonia Face Growing Opposition” was put together by three journalists with ties to an environmental journalism outfit called the Earth Journalism Network (EJN). The financial backers of EJN include several organizations that also fund the experts the journalists cited as sources in their article.
The journalists in question are freelancers Lucy Meyer and Casey Ann Smith. Both reporters attended University of California…
