Episode 2420 – On this Friday’s show Vinnie Tortorich speaks with journalist Andrea Bertaglio who shares a recent controversy where truth is stranger than fiction, and more.
Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction
- Andrea is experiencing a similar thing that happened to Dr Tim Noakes. (3:00)
- His book “In Defence of Meat” has caused some attention, a lot of it negative. (7:00)
- He is being accused of trying to diminish animal welfare, but that is not what he is doing at all.
- He just writes science-based articles about the importance of meat in nutrition and the importance of livestock.
- He also writes about animal welfare and that it is in the best interest of both the farmers and the animals to have reasonable parameters in place.
- He tells a story that is an example of how certain rules affect farmers’ ability to produce. (18:00)
- Vinnie wonders what a journalist is anymore. (22:30)
- Now there is “identity news”; Andrea weighs in.
- Andrea feels like he is transparent in his efforts and in informing the public. (27:00)
- Andrea explains how he got caught up in a current controversy. (30:00)
- Truth is stranger than fiction.
- He was invited to do a podcast interview but it was used for an article where he was misrepresented.
- He was attacked on LinkedIn and explains how a different article claimed to have reached out to him “in depth” when in actuality it was a “copy and paste” situation. (34:00)
- So there’s a big lack of integrity behind the claims against him.
Deep Pocket Interests
- Andrea explains some of the differences in how topics are addressed in different parts of Europe vs. in the U.S. (35:15)
- Vinnie discusses how corporations have their hands in so many of the U.S. organizations like the ADA and the AHA. (40:00)
- There are deep pockets involved in so many of these interests.
- Vinnie shares an Instagram post that received a lot of comments accusing him of fear-mongering. (42:30)
- Andrea is not interested in falling into conspiracy theory; however, there is a definite drive from certain ideologies to replace animal agriculture with manufactured products. (48:00)
- Vinnie gives a rundown on how the argument by vegans and other activists keeps changing. (52:00)
- Organizations in Europe are trying to claim that livestock animals are emitting more gases than transport vehicles. (54:00)
- They chat about other ideas that spark controversy. (49:00)
- Denmark is forcing farms to close to fall under climate numbers.
- In Ireland, there is a movement to kill over 200,000 head of cattle.
- Then there is the movement to get schools to reduce serving animal proteins.
- You can find Andrea on X @AndreaBertaglio.
- Vinnie shares an update to his website that you’ll want to check out: a VIP section! Go to https://vinnietortorich.com/VIP for more information.
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