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Biased Newsnight coverage of Oxford animal lab opening

Ruby | 12.11.2008 23:02 | Animal Liberation | Bio-technology | Health

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00fh6xb

Last nights Newsnight programme on BBC2 had a report on the opening of the new Oxford animal lab. It was one of the most biased pieces I have ever seen.



Please politely complain to the programme here
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/4969804.stm

Jeremy Paxman made a biased introduction describing 'protests from so called animal rights activists'. So called? So is he saying that they are not interested in the rights of animals?

Evidence in support of animal testing was tagged with '..say scientists' as opposed to 'some scientists say' as many scientists do not support animal research.

The piece showed a shocking image of man trembling from Parkinsons disease but no shocking images were shown of animal suffering in animal experiments?

'Hundreds of charities have pledged their support for animal reasearch.' No mention of the many charities that do not.

The debate was mainly science based but only the speaker in favour of animal testing was a scientist.

I partly blame the representative from BUAV for keeping the debate around the why animal research is scientifically invalid. It's hard to win people over when on the side of vivisection you have a 'top neurosurgeon' debating with a full time activist. I think it's unwise to go debate science without being a scientist.

 http://www.speakcampaigns.org/
 http://www.buav.org/

Ruby

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Usual Propoganda

13.11.2008 11:14

Why are we surprised that their is biased reporting from the BBC? It happens time and again. Any whenever a debate about vivisection is aired it is never scientist against scientist as the poster above mentions. This is yet another way the BBC's subservience to this pro vivisection Government is shown.

anon

Biased Broadcasting Company

13.11.2008 15:05

The BBC 1 news was covering this too and full of the usual propaganda for the need for animal experiments. There was no attempt to report the opposing view and present a balanced piece of film.

Boycott Broadcasting Bias.

Rosa

Advantage Of Not Watching TV

14.11.2008 00:24

Not being exposed to rubbish like Newsnight. Do yourself a favour if you receive the propoganda transmissions. Grab hold of the TV and chuck it out the window.

Me