How dishonest is the fictional “documentary” Salmon Confidential? You want to read the following to find out.
We have shared these links before, for your convenience we have put them all on one page. (Reference Links have been updated to Oct. 10, 2013)
Salmon Facts are Sacred, Oct. 9, 2013
By Grant Warkentin, Communications Officer,
If you have more than a passing interest in salmon farming, you should watch the film ‘Salmon Confidential.’
http://blog.farmfreshsalmon.org/?p=577
Blogs to read:
Salmon Facts are Sacred:
This blog will specifically focus on correcting and challenging statements made by a group of anti-salmon farming activists called Salmon are Sacred.
http://blog.farmfreshsalmon.org/?page_id=19
Who are these people anyway?
Salmon Facts are Sacred, April 27, 2013
…The tone of that simple question changes dramatically, depending on where you put the emphasis . In the case of the people behind the “Salmon Confidential” film, we have to say it this way: Who ARE these people anyway? With an incredulous, exasperated tone.
http://blog.farmfreshsalmon.org/?p=278
Alexandra Morton: When facts fail, there’s always bullying
Salmon Facts are Sacred, April 23, 2013
... In 2013, Morton produces a film titled “Salmon Confidential”. It is rife with errors. Purposeful errors.
http://blog.farmfreshsalmon.org/?p=269
Salmon Confidential Exposed:
This blog has one purpose:
To provide a factual counterpoint to bogus claims and misinformation being spread via the “Salmon Confidential“ documentary film created by Twyla Roscovich and Alexandra Morton.
The film is riddled with errors, false claims and incorrect assumptions which must be corrected. This blog will provide facts and realities which bust Morton’s myths about salmon farming in her latest film.
http://salmonconfidential.com/about/
Salmon Confidential Exposed Blog Postings:
Awwk! Pieces of virus!
Back in May Morton must have been irritated enough by my blog that she deigned to address my criticisms, one by one, in an epic blog post. I was hoping for a bit of humility on her part, or at least a reasonable explanation. Sadly, neither were present...
...Once again, Morton is wrong and caught in lies about ISA in BC, as well as showing how she is ignorant of how these tests actually work.
But she knows just enough to try and trick people into believing whatever she says, and parroting it across the Internet.
http://salmonconfidential.com/awwk-pieces-of-virus-more-lies/
June 2013 Blog:
- The final 15, and the film’s second biggest fib
- Something fishy about ‘Salmon Confidential:’ another perspective
- Who am I?
May 2013 Blog:
- A vet’s perspective
- Dead fish in the parking lot
- Deformities, more Lie-SA and ‘European viruses’
- Filmmakers unwittingly disprove their own hypothesis
- Misquoting Kristi Miller
- The Character Assassination of Simon Jones
- Salmon Confidential’s biggest fib
March 2013 Blogs:
- Lie-SA, feelings and rubbish samples
- Harrison sockeye, salmon AIDS and other fibs
- The first five minutes
- Skewering sacred cows – and salmon
Protesting the Protesters, April 27, 2013
...Alexandra Morton and Twyla Roscovich have produced and filmed “Salmon Confidential.” ...This film is biased from start to finish. It does not try to show both sides of the issue and let the viewer make up their own mind about salmon farming in B.C. Instead it is an hour and nine minutes worth of propaganda whose sole purpose is to call people to action against an industry. This is a call to bully government into ignoring any science except that posed by this group.
http://protestingtheprotesters.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/bullies-pretending-to-be-journalists/
by Paul T, Canadian Content, June 6, 2013
...This review will follow the science of fish health in the documentary chronologically, and I'll finish with some more high level discussion points that I think run through the debate between the activists and the farm supporters. The film features edited content from many familiar names in the debate: Alexandra Morton, Dr. Rick Routledge, Dr. Gary Marty, Dr. Kristi Miller, Dr. Fred Kibenge, and many others. I won't really comment on the filmography of the piece, though obviously that contributes to the flavour one might take from the film...
http://www.canadiancontent.net/commtr/salmon-confidential-fish-water_1100.html
Radio Program to Listen to:
Listen to Ian Roberts from Marine Harvest Canada talk about David Suzuki, Salmon Confidential Exposed and BC Salmon...
Listen to Stewart Hawthorn talk about Salmon Confidential and BC Salmon Farming on CFAX radio.
http://www.farmfreshsalmon.org/radio-programs-salmon-farming
Salmon Virus: Dr. Gary Marty and Stewart Hawthorn
Kiro Radio, On the Water, Originally aired: Sunday, May 26, 2013
Bob McLaughlin tackles the Salmon virus that may or may not be a problem here in the United States. Bob has guests Alexandra Morton, Dr. Gary Marty, Stewart Hawthorne and John Beath on the show to discuss all points on this very serious topic.
http://www.farmfreshsalmon.org/salmon-virus-dr-gary-marty-and-stewart-hawthorn
Letters to Read:
Alex, it is time for you to finally re-examine your failed theories
Salmon Facts are Sacred, Oct. 9, 2013
We posted the following Letter by Fraser Larock on our News Page on October 6, 2013. Alexandra Morton commented on the letter the same day and then was taken to task by great post submitted on October 7th by shuswapriver… Here is the Ubyssey letter and shuswapriver comment…
http://blog.farmfreshsalmon.org/?p=579
But if you still enjoy a balanced and fair approach to movie making, then maybe skip it.
http://blog.farmfreshsalmon.org/?p=575
Yes, Alexandra Morton, I do work for a salmon farming company
Response wasn't complete, Ian Roberts, Courier-Islander May 17, 2013
It is unfortunate that Alexandra Morton's response to my serious concerns about errors and omissions in her documentary film about salmon farming only questions my ethics and principles ("Tools of the trade", May 8). I would have hoped that a response would have answered my specific concerns.
http://www.farmfreshsalmon.org/yes-alexandra-morton-i-do-work-salmon-farming-company
Alexandra Morton repeats her completely fictional story
War of the Worlds Ian Roberts, Courier-Islander, April 19, 2013
... This conclusion - from a two-year, $26 million scientific Inquiry and the expert testimony of numerous fish health professionals and biologists - did not sit well with Alexandra Morton.
So, her story is repeated again in this one hour movie. The difference this time is; her story goes unchallenged. Add some dubious editing, testimony manipulation, character assassination, misrepresented lab reports and omission of vital facts about salmon migration and fish health, and you have a very compelling yet completely fictional story.
http://www.farmfreshsalmon.org/alexandra-morton-repeats-her-completely-fictional-story
Salmon Confidential column was outdated and incorrect
Odd Grydeland, Courier-Islander, Wednesday, April 10, 2013
As the old saying goes - Sometimes it is better to keep silent and let people think you are a fool than to open your mouth and remove any doubt.
And so it is with Ray Grigg's latest special to the Courier-Islander (Salmon Confidential, April 3) where he blindly brags about the latest blur from the Alexandra Morton camp - this time a series of outdated and/or erroneous video clips put together in another feeble attempt to discredit the province's $800 million salmon farming industry, which was recently found not to have a significant negative effect on wild salmon by the $26 million Cohen Commission inquiry - the latest of many which all came to the same conclusion. Ms. Morton participated in this latest study.
http://www.farmfreshsalmon.org/salmon-confidential-column-was-outdated-and-incorrect
BC Salmon farmers frustrated by misinformation
Odd Grydeland, FishfarmingXpert, April 4, 2013
More rhetoric is being produced by anti- salmon farming activists in the run-up to a Provincial election in May
Just in time to influence some fickle voters, a new video is released, containing the usual collection of clips telling the world that wild salmon in British Columbia and elsewhere is doomed.
http://www.farmfreshsalmon.org/bc-salmon-farmers-frustrated-misinformation
Salmon Confidential
By Mary Ellen Walling, Courier-Islander April 3, 2013
... "How does it make you feel?" has been the key question from a few reporters recently, regarding the film Salmon Confidential, produced by Twyla Roscovich and featuring the fluid hypothesis of Alexandra Morton.
Our response is one word: frustrated. Frustrated that such misinformation is being circulated, that the filmmakers are intentionally trying to confuse the public, and that such disrespect can be shown to true experts in fish health and environmental management.
http://www.farmfreshsalmon.org/salmon-confidential
Counter Arguments to Salmon Confidential
Tumbler Ridge News, Lynsey Kitching, May 21, 2013
When watching a documentary, it is always important to keep your mind critical. This rings true for the film Salmon Confidential.
http://www.farmfreshsalmon.org/counter-arguments-salmon-confidential
Infectious Salmon Anemia Monitoring Program
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, May 30, 2013
...In Washington state, no signs of the disease or the virus have been documented in farmed, hatchery or wild salmon.
http://www.farmfreshsalmon.org/wdfw-infectious-salmon-anemia-monitoring-program
MARK HUME, VANCOUVER — The Globe and Mail, Thursday, May. 30 2013
A new study in Washington State that tested more than 900 salmon has found no sign of infectious salmon anemia – a disease that is the focus of debate and controversy in British Columbia.
http://www.farmfreshsalmon.org/salmon-test-negative-infectious-salmon-anemia-washington-state-study-finds
BC Salmon Farmers Welcome Results of Washington ISA Study
BCSFA, May 30, 2013
The BC Salmon Farmers Association is welcoming a new study by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife that shows infectious salmon anemia (ISA) is not present in wild or farmed fish in the Pacific Northwest.
http://www.salmonfarmers.org/bc-salmon-farmers-welcome-results-washington-isa-study
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