BOB GARFIELD:
This is On The Media. I’m Bob Garfield.
BROOKE GLADSTONE:
And I’m Brooke Gladstone with a few of your letters. About our piece on so-called “greenwashing” ads, Dan from Washington, D.C. posted a comment asserting that our guest, John Stauber, had over-simplified Coca-Cola’s relationship with the World Wildlife Fund. Dan wrote that the partnership, quote, “goes way beyond the simple cutting of a $20 million check to WWF by Coca-Cola. It includes a wide array of actions, including a reduction of water usage and local community work in Coca-Cola’s places of business. Corporations should be scrutinized for their actions, but not misrepresented in order to prove a point.”

John Stauber posted his own reply to the Comments page, saying that he stood by what he said in the interview.
BOB GARFIELD:
That same segment nearly caused bodily harm to Craig Stevens of Sacramento who writes, quote, “I was at the gym listening to a podcast of your show when the piece about corporate greenwashing came on. At the same time, I glanced up at the TV screen to see a commercial by the petroleum industry showing an 18-wheeler driving through the Southwest cleaning the air as it went. I almost fell off the treadmill.”
BROOKE GLADSTONE:
Many listeners appreciated Michael Kavanagh’s story about a peace-promoting radio soap opera in Rwanda. Michelle Williams wrote in from Washington, D.C. to say, quote, “Thank you for reporting on something positive in the African continent which, in this country, gets either no news or bad news.”
BOB GARFIELD:
Post your own comment on our site at www.onthemedia.org or send an email to onthemedia@wnyc.org, and don’t forget to tell us where you live and how to pronounce your name.
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