Chapter 4. Some articles dissected

This is part of the book “Stéphane Foucart et les néonicotinoïdes. The World and disinformation 1“.


We have seen many examples of small manipulations. However, this does not show how deep and complex they can be in and their power to misinform. Indeed, they interact with each other, with the content of the article and with its structure.

To give you a better overview, we will analyze 4 articles:

  1. July 9, 2012: “The failure of the evaluation of pesticides on bees”
  2. May 3, 2013: “Gaucho, Cruiser and Poncho insecticides smoke the hive”
  3. May 5, 2014: “IUCN, Syngenta and the decline of bumblebees”
  4. August 12, 2020: “With or without flowering, neonicotinoids represent risks for pollinators”