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murray-journo.bsky.social
Author of Sweet and Deadly, How Coca-Cola Spreads Disinformation and Makes Us Sick (MIT Press, March 2025), and Caffeinated (Penguin, 2014). Bylines at New York Times, NPR, Maine Public Radio, Washington Post, etc. Belfast, Maine.
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Calm evening on Penobscot Bay, #Maine.

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Please join us tonight in Cambridge! @mitpress.bsky.social

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Hot off the presses—published today!

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"A remarkable exposé." The Daily Telegraph reviews "Sweet and Deadly," a new book from @murray-journo.bsky.social about the dangers of soft drinks and the decades of health disinformation spread by Coca-Cola: www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...

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If you're in the Boston area Wednesday, please join me and Rachel Slade at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social!

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Sweet and Deadly, about Coca-Cola, #disinformation, and #health, is coming March 25 from @mitpress.bsky.social .

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Very much looking forward to launching the book at this terrific independent book store. Please join us if you're in Waldo County next Tuesday!

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Glad to have worked with the BI team on this. My book Sweet and Deadly is coming 3/25 from @mitpress.bsky.social

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Good nuanced reporting on an ever-divisive subject.

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Good reporting on caffeine in sports from @sarahshephard.bsky.social for @theathletic.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/athletic/614...

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Good morning from southern Maine

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Some of the best and brightest in magazine journalism demand the new leaders of Outside magazine take their names off its masthead. Their letter, and one more—an especially visceral bolt of fury from longtime contributor Hampton Sides. Another amazing publication torn asunder by non-journalists.

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Wild sunrise over Penobscot Bay. #Maine

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Pleased to see this early review in @telegraphnews.bsky.social "...Murray Carpenter, claims that the Coca-Cola Company has for decades aped the tactics of the tobacco lobby, paying researchers and “health” organisations who sow doubt about the science..." www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...

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A sure sign of spring--turkey vulture migrating over Penobscot Bay. #Maine #birds

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Good reporting from Sasha Ray and the @bangordailynews.bsky.social team: www.bangordailynews.com/2025/03/05/m...

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Very much looking forward to visiting some great independent bookstores this spring, including @leftbankbookshop.bsky.social, @harvardbookstore.bsky.social, Book Passage, and @peoplesbooktakoma.com And looking forward to seeing Rachel Slade and @jennieerinsmith.bsky.social. @mitpress.bsky.social

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Work has begun to convert a large stretch of America's most contaminated nuclear site, in eastern Washington state, to a massive solar and battery plant. Will the Trump administration let the project go forward? Yet to be seen: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/b...

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@mitpress.bsky.social and Goodreads are teaming up to give away 5 copies of Sweet and Deadly, coming March 25! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

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The proposed four-lane highway would have run from South Portland through Westbrook and Scarborough to Gorham.

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I want @shannonstirone.bsky.social’s take on this!

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A sharp, necessary look at an American company. Don’t miss this! Congratulations to Murray!

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Searching for golden eagles in the eastern forest, text now up at @npr.org www.npr.org/2025/02/14/n...

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Secretary of Ag Brooke Rollins rekindling this controversy: “When a taxpayer is putting money into SNAP, are they OK with us using their tax dollars to feed really bad food and sugary drinks to children, who perhaps need something more nutritious?” www.wsj.com/health/rfk-j...

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A letter from NOAA said Maine’s program is “no longer relevant to the focus of the Administration’s priorities and program objectives.”

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Very much enjoying these podcasts produced by the US Fish and Wildlife Service : podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

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Peregrine falcon in Belfast, #Maine. #birds

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Serious question about much-needed humor: Where is the Mad Magazine of the moment? Or Spy magazine? Is @theonion.com the closest analog?

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“This is a stunning failure of political science to not predict this at all…” @lucanway.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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The downing of a Venezuelan drug plane in Brazil highlights the importance of both countries in the cocaine trade. Record cocaine production and high demand contributed to criminal violence across Latin America in 2023, as traffickers established new drug routes. insightcrime.org/news/insight...

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Heartwarming story about ultimate by David Waldstein and Adrienne Grunwald. The Parking Lot Frisbee Game That Started in 1968 Is Still Going Strong www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/n...

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Right on top, too!

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It was fun reporting this story for @npr.org Digital version with photos coming soon. Researchers look for secretive golden eagles in Maine's forests. #Maine #birds www.npr.org/2025/02/14/n...

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Sharp-shinned hawk in the gloaming, in midcoast #Maine. #birds

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You may have heard that Secretary Rubio issued a waiver so that life-saving HIV treatment could continue during the break-up of USAID. It has not.

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This should be good. It’s so impressive that Wired has prepared for years to meet the reporting demands of this moment.

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Frigid morning with sea smoke over Penobscot Bay. #Maine

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NEW: Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, has such a colorful history that experts doubt he’d pass a background test typically required for access to sensitive US government systems: www.wired.com/story/edward...

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I’ve been getting a lot of calls over the past few days, and the interesting thing is none of them are about Donald Trump. They’re all about Elon Musk. My constituents, and a majority of this country, put Trump in the White House, not this unelected, weirdo billionaire.

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"Despite Psymposia’s modest resources, its members have become feared for their ability to use social media to damage reputations and careers..." Wild story by @rachelnuwer.bsky.social and Andrew Jacobs. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/h...

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"I thought we had an agreement on this s--t 80 years ago": Texas bladesmith Johnathan Sibley says he's amazed by the social media response after he refused to repair a Hitler Youth knife. www.chron.com/news/houston...

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"What could possibly be more inconvenient than our current situation? Studies report that Americans spend an average of three to five hours per day on their smartphones." Interesting read on "downgrading" by August Lamm. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/o...

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