---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: United Poultry Concerns Date: Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 8:49 AM Subject: [UPC] PBS News Hour Treats Chicken Abuse as Cute Advertising To: adoptkings@gmail.com [image: United Poultry Concerns] *22 June 2010* PBS News Hour Treats Chicken Abuse as Cute Advertising Please post a protest letter to PBS. They need to hear from us now. As an intro and conclusion to its June 21st story on Small Business Credit, PBS News Hour thought it cute to feature a terrified chicken being chased by a business owner in front of jeering employees: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/jan-june10/makingsense_06-21.html Please tell the producers of PBS News Hour that this coverage has descended to an all-time low. If they want to produce a serious news story, they should cover the human-animal violence connection that demonstrates that cruelty to animals encourages violence at all levels throughout society. Tell PBS not to be part of the problem, but to find other metaphors to describe the plight of small business owners that do not involve cruelty to, and humiliation of, less powerful creatures. Remind them that the American public is disgusted with and exhausted from pictures of terrified and dying birds in the Gulf, and PBS can do better than mock the torment of birds. Please mention the "June 21, 2010 PBS News Hour Program on Small Business Credit" in your comments which you may submit at: http://video.pbs.org/feedback.html Thank you for taking time to let PBS know that it's wrong to mock and harass animals. Please forward widely. *United Poultry Concerns is a nonprofit organization that promotes the compassionate and respectful treatment of domestic fowl. Don't just switch from beef to chicken. Go Vegan.* www.UPC-online.org http://www.upc-online.org/ http://www.upc-online.org/donate.htm Order Today: Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs: An Inside Look at the Modern Poultry Industry (2009 Revised Edition)http://www.upc-online.org/merchandise/book.html This message was sent from United Poultry Concerns to adoptkings@gmail.com. It was sent from: United Poultry Concerns, PO Box 150, Machipongo, VA 23405. You can modify/update your subscription via the link below. Email Marketing by http://www.icontact.com/a.pl/144186 [image: iContact - Try It Free!] http://www.icontact.com/a.pl/144186 Manage your subscription http://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=61720647&l=114945&s=71M9&m=749574&c=340301 View this message in the iContact Community: View message http://community.icontact.com/p/upcnews/newsletters/upcnews/posts/upc-pbs-ne... Comment on this message http://community.icontact.com/p/upcnews/newsletters/upcnews/posts/upc-pbs-ne... Receive as RSS http://community.icontact.com/p/upcnews/newsletters/upcnews/rss.xml?r=61720647&l=114945&s=71M9&m=749574&c=340301 Share this message with others: del.icio.us http://del.icio.us/post?v=4&noui&jump=close&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.icontact.com%2Fp%2Fupcnews%2Fnewsletters%2Fupcnews%2Fposts%2Fupc-pbs-news-hour-treats-chicken-abuse-as-cute-advertising&title=%5BUPC%5D+PBS+News+Hour+Treats+Chicken+Abuse+as+Cute+Advertising Digg http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.icontact.com%2Fp%2Fupcnews%2Fnewsletters%2Fupcnews%2Fposts%2Fupc-pbs-news-hour-treats-chicken-abuse-as-cute-advertising&title=%5BUPC%5D+PBS+News+Hour+Treats+Chicken+Abuse+as+Cute+Advertising reddit http://reddit.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.icontact.com%2Fp%2Fupcnews%2Fnewsletters%2Fupcnews%2Fposts%2Fupc-pbs-news-hour-treats-chicken-abuse-as-cute-advertising&title=%5BUPC%5D+PBS+News+Hour+Treats+Chicken+Abuse+as+Cute+Advertising Facebook http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.icontact.com%2Fp%2Fupcnews%2Fnewsletters%2Fupcnews%2Fposts%2Fupc-pbs-news-hour-treats-chicken-abuse-as-cute-advertising&title=%5BUPC%5D+PBS+News+Hour+Treats+Chicken+Abuse+as+Cute+Advertising StumbleUpon http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.icontact.com%2Fp%2Fupcnews%2Fnewsletters%2Fupcnews%2Fposts%2Fupc-pbs-news-hour-treats-chicken-abuse-as-cute-advertising&title=%5BUPC%5D+PBS+News+Hour+Treats+Chicken+Abuse+as+Cute+Advertising -- Elizabeth Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. www.RescueReport.org www.MickaCoo.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0