agentkevinski's Comments
I'm not with PETA and I definitely don't support everything they do, but they're getting an undeserved rap here.
I was very surprised to see the fly story catch on in the mainstream media in the first place. But what's happening here is really a case of the media sensationalizing a story, asking PETA for a response and then sensationalizing the response.
"We don't condemn President Obama for acting on instinct. When the media began contacting us in droves for a statement, we obliged, simply by saying that the president isn't the Buddha and shouldn't be expected to do everything right—if not for that, we would not have brought it up. It's the media who are making a big deal about the fly swat—not PETA. However, we took the opportunity, when asked, to point out that we do offer lots of ways in which to control insects of all kinds without harming them, including the humane bug catcher we sent President Obama."
(Source: http://ow.ly/eP1N)
So make sure to read the FULL article and not just the headlines. PETA's not crying foul; they're just saying, "Dude, he swatted a fly. The media asked us what we thought. We said nobody's perfect and, if you want to get nitty gritty about it, yes, there are bug catchers out there. But it's really not that big a deal."
And this story REALLY shouldn't be that big a deal either.
I was very surprised to see the fly story catch on in the mainstream media in the first place. But what's happening here is really a case of the media sensationalizing a story, asking PETA for a response and then sensationalizing the response.
"We don't condemn President Obama for acting on instinct. When the media began contacting us in droves for a statement, we obliged, simply by saying that the president isn't the Buddha and shouldn't be expected to do everything right—if not for that, we would not have brought it up. It's the media who are making a big deal about the fly swat—not PETA. However, we took the opportunity, when asked, to point out that we do offer lots of ways in which to control insects of all kinds without harming them, including the humane bug catcher we sent President Obama."
(Source: http://ow.ly/eP1N)
So make sure to read the FULL article and not just the headlines. PETA's not crying foul; they're just saying, "Dude, he swatted a fly. The media asked us what we thought. We said nobody's perfect and, if you want to get nitty gritty about it, yes, there are bug catchers out there. But it's really not that big a deal."
And this story REALLY shouldn't be that big a deal either.
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