This is absolutely must-see tv. Rachel interviews the president of a firm that represents food and beverage manufacturers by fronting their interests with nonprofit websites that allow him to keep his clients' names hidden from the public. Rachel pins this guy to the wall with calm and class. When he claims his research director has a degree from Dartmouth, she smoothly counters that his degree was in music, not science!
Berman's websites include:
FishScam.com (Mercury in fish isn't bad for you!)
SweetScam.com (High fructose corn syrup doesn't make you fat!)
SunlightScam.com (Tanning beds aren't really dangerous!)
...and the list goes on.
Here's a link to a website exposing Berman's shenanigans, sponsored by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, whose executive director, Melanie Sloane, also appeared with Rachel tonight.
http://www.bermanexposed.org/
It's a highly entertaining, extremely informative interview. Don't have a link yet, but I hope a fellow Kossack will post one soon!
UPDATE: Here's the link. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...