The Lacuna Project

lacuna (n.) a gap in a record where something should be

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Media

NPR

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • AGR-2.5: In September 2016 the Sugar Association acknowledged that the Sugar Research Foundation “should have exercised greater transparency in all of its research activities” and said funding-disclosure standards were not then the norm they are today.
  • POL-6.9: A jury convicted Menendez on all counts on 16 July 2024, including acting as an agent of Egypt, and he was sentenced to 11 years on 29 January 2025. A jury acquitted Gregory Craig of a false-statement count about Ukraine work on 4 September 2019, and a Brooklyn jury acquitted Thomas Barrack and Matthew Grimes of all counts, including acting as agents of the United Arab Emirates, on 4 November 2022.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 588 13 September 2016. NPR The Two-Way: 50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists To Point Blame At Fat
  • Exhibit 833 4 September 2019. NPR: Jury Finds Ex-White House Counsel Craig Not Guilty Of Lying To Government
  • Exhibit 1086 11 February 2021. NPR, via WGBH: Instagram bars Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for spreading vaccine misinformation