On Wed, 9 Feb 2000 00:36:01 -0600, Samuel Morales wrote:
>The Beef Cattle Industry claimed that the airing of the show was untruthful
>with half lies and so forth and they never had a chance to rebut on tape
>what the show was claiming they did. Also the Producers did nothing to
>verify the facts, to see if they were true or not. The beef industry
>claimed as a result they loss millions of dollars over the airing of the
>show.
Just for the record, the producers did plenty to verify facts, and
the losses were real. Although a court found Ms. Winfrey within her
rights to say what she did, it does a disservice to trivialize the
very real concerns and losses of the beef industry.
As a commodity producer myself, I am very sympathetic to the losses
producers face when the media presents untrue or biased reports of
dangers associated with their crops. Apple producers lost millions
over the Alar scare, and grain farmers stand to lose money over
unfounded paranoia about seed varieties. While speech may be free,
the consequences arent, and in many cases, the speaker isn't the
person paying the bill.
That said, did anyone notice whether any of the press photographers
covering the Winfrey vs farmers trial were using OM bodies and Zuiko
glass?
BBB
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B.B. Bean bbbean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Bean & Bean Cotton Co/Bean Farms http://www.beancotton.com
Peach Orchard, MO
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