 On September 13 , 2012 , BPI announced that it filed a $ 1 @.@ 2 billion lawsuit against ABC News , three reporters ( Diane Sawyer , Jim Avila and David <unk> ) and others , claiming ABC News made nearly " 200 false , misleading and defamatory statements , repeated continuously during a month @-@ long disinformation campaign " , engaged in " product and food disparagement , and tortious interference with business relationships " . BPI called the ABC News series a " concerted disinformation campaign " against LFTB . 
