Comments | area_woman: Et tu, BBC?

area_woman

Et tu, BBC?

Jan 10, 2010 08:48

Just before midnight last night (so, what, around six AM their time?) the BBC World Service aired an opinion piece on animal testing/animal rights. It was so offensive I considered writing a letter to the company, but ( I'm just going to vent by posting it here. )

animal rights, bbc, animal testing, leather, morals, medical testing, the media, fur, meat

Comments 6

crash_g0ddess January 12 2010, 19:47:58 UTC

Hey, I got your poster in the mail. Let me know when and where you want to pick it up. I'm free all this week except Thursday. School starts next week for me, but I'm free Tuesday and Thursday mornings or any day after six, except Fridays when I'm done around noon.

Let me know!

area_woman January 12 2010, 23:36:00 UTC

How about meeting for coffee Thursday or Friday evening? :D I get off work around six both days.

crash_g0ddess January 12 2010, 23:47:40 UTC

Friday would work great. Meet at Fair Trade?

area_woman January 13 2010, 09:22:21 UTC

Fair Trade it is. :D

beatlebug77 January 13 2010, 17:07:58 UTC

I think part of the level-headedness is allowing nutjobs to post sometimes. Their news can't be taken as gospel any more than anyone else's. While I fully agree with you and think that the article in question was written by a moron, allowing that moron to post the article next to the more reasonably-toned articles is what makes the BBC fair and balanced.

I understand that this article made you angry and I'm not trying to minimize that reaction, but I think there are people who are enraged by articles on BBC News with which you and I would agree wholeheartedly. Anything on sex ed or abortion, for example.

But yeah, you are right. Whoever wrote this should seriously try living without the scientific advances they're calling unfair. Bunch of friggin' loonies.

area_woman January 13 2010, 18:22:02 UTC

Sorry, I should have specified: this was a radio piece. An article I probably would've overlooked because the title presumably would serve as a disclaimer. But they just launched right into the piece without so much as a "this may upset some people." An article can be written off as a blog-like opinion piece. When that opinion is aired on a reputable radio or TV news source without disclaimer, my impression is that the broadcaster doesn't consider its content to be too controversial. I think that part is what upset me the most.

Also: How the hell are you, lady? You've disappeared from the internet!