Mickey Z
Cool Observer
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Beyond the pet food recall: What's your cat eating?
Detecting corporate media bias often requires us to discern omissions. For example, consider how the recent pet food recall was reported. Los Angeles Times staff writer Kimi Yoshino penned an article ("Recall of pet food alarms owners") on March 19, 2007 that was widely syndicated. In the piece (which was consistent with almost all corporate media accounts), readers learned what brands were in question, how many animals had been affected, and (of course) that the company’s stock has plummeted. Yoshino also interviewed a handful of pet owners (sic), including Victoria Levy, who declared: “That’s so disturbing. When they put food on the shelves, you trust that it’s safe.”
When they put food on the shelves, you trust that it’s safe?
P.S. Some of the liberals over at Smirking Chimp are having a hard time believing this article might be true. Here is one of several possible source links.
(Btw, if you don’t like the corporate version of the news, why not make your own?)
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