Question by Starbuck: Is fraud consistent with environmental activism?
Dole sues “Bananas!” filmmaker, alleges defamation
LOS ANGELES – Dole Foods has filed a defamation lawsuit against a Swedish filmmaker for insisting on showing his documentary “Bananas!” at the Los Angeles Film Festival after learning it was based on a fraud.
How many of the above cases are needed to bring to light the problem with these environmental activists? I have known many, allar, DDT, acid rain, the list goes on.
What will it take to expose these people for what they are?
Wednesday’s lawsuit seeks a preliminary injunction barring Fredrik Gertten from showing the film in public again. It accuses him of “actual malice” for ignoring a court ruling that the case on which the film was based had been part of a massive extortion plot against Dole by attorney Juan J. Dominguez, the star of the film.
“Bananas!” documents the alleged plight of Nicaraguan workers who say they were made sterile by a pesticide used at Dole banana plantations in the 1970s. The documentary was completed before the fraud was uncovered showing that the men were recruited by Dominguez to lie.
Best answer:
Answer by oikos
It’s possible that Dole has a case but it has yet to win. And that has nothing to do with alar, DDT, or acid rain.
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