Alec Hogg's response to the article by IRR CEO Frans Cronje on the controversy over Coca Cola's funding of the Institute's sugar tax research:
Subject: Re: Relationship between Biznews and Fin 24
Dear Tawana
Have just read the IRR's statement on Politicsweb stating there is a funding relationship between News24 and Biznews. Seriously? How do you come to that conclusion after my clear articulation of the facts in the mail below?*
Also, please let your colleagues know that the reporter who wrote the Noakes-supporting articles, Marika Sboros, left Biznews well over a year ago. Since then we've produced virtually nothing on the subject. How is that possibly leading the charge against sugar?
The IRR statement is misleading but for us especially disappointing in the light of some excellent IRR research we have published on Biznews.