Name of agency??? Thanks, Pat in SNJ
> Anyone else heard about the new, voluntary and self-imposed rule
> agreed upon by all the major international news agencies?  It states
> that no news items denigrating breastfeeding will be run before they
> have been 1) fact-checked by WABA for accuracy and 2) background
> checked by an independent media watchdog organization to ensure the
> stories are free of dubious corporate influence.  An unnamed
> spokesperson for this organization, whose existence has not been
> generally known before today, said they have plans for extra efforts
> to be in place in the period leading up to World Breastfeeding Week as
> "this is when we typically see a rash of stories purporting to show
> that breastfeeding is unnecessary and that its role in health is
> overrated."
>
> Rachel Myr
> Kristiansand, Norway
>
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