critter diseases

[garnet]

Originally Posted by jane_says

All these are wrong too? The same quotes? The ones with cites from Harper's and Newsweek? Hmmm... I know! It's a media conspiracy!

Here here and here.

Are you a little slow?

None of these are actual CREDIBLE news sites. Go to CNN.com, ABC.com, etc. or any LEGITIMATE site and see what you find about PETA. You gave me a list of sites I never heard of (and you probably never of) with quotes that came from God knows where. How do I know that "quote" actually came from harpers or Newsweek? Like I said, I could care less what you think. But if you're dumb enough to believe everything you read on some sham website, then that's your problem.

[jinx]

"Even people who care about animals are often unable to recognize or meet animals' many needs. Domesticated animals are in a catch-22 situation--they can no longer survive on their own, yet they retain many of their basic instincts and drives. Usually, they are isolated from their natural packs. Their bodies and souls yearn to roam--but, for safety's sake, they are confined to a house or yard, always dependent on their guardians, even for a drink of water, food to eat, or social contact."

Peta.org Factsheet

[Cyber Wolf]

Originally Posted by garnet

None of these are actual CREDIBLE news sites. Go to CNN.com, ABC.com, etc. or any LEGITIMATE site and see what you find about PETA.

In all fairness, if none of these better funded news sites ever hears of or picks up a story, you won't find anything about it there. It's possible that CNN and ABC never ran with it. Even if PETA went to them with a statement, it depends on what else is going on in the world whether or not they run the story. The Olympics, Federal developments, war developments and presidential campaign developments are trumping just about everything else at the moment. And after the feds, the war and the pres. race, there's very little time left on the standard 30 minute broadcast for anything else. And if they do run it, they will make edits to allot for time, they'll paraphrase or take snippets of quotes. I guess the bottom line is, even with these news sites, it's difficult for the viewer to get a good line on a story that isn't part of the public focus right now.

Admittedly, I haven't looked at all those sites, mainly because I'm at work and have to budget my 'playtime' on the web, but (and this question is for anyone, not just Garnet) does it appear that these quotes were taken from an issued statement? Or were they noted during a speech or rally or taken from a personal interview?