PETA to protest White House Easter egg roll

[Tx4obama]

The animal welfare group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals will distribute leaflets to children attending the White House Easter egg roll about the living conditions of captive chickens, reports POLITICO's Patrick Gavin:

The pamphlets, designed using “kid-friendly language” according to one PETA employee, and which will be given out outside the White House, also go on to explain how some male chicks are discarded alive at birth since they don’t produce eggs.

To “liven” up the effort, PETA will also send their “I Am Not A Nugget” mascot, a large, yellow baby chick.

http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/04/peta-to-protest-easter-egg-roll-119501.html

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I think this is VERY WRONG. They should not be allowed to disrupt the fun day for the kids!

[pacalo]

1. I thought this was going to be an Onion article.

If this is true, I've lost respect for PITA. That's not the time or place for a lesson on animal abuse. Pass out the pamphlets outside the doors of the seed stores & other market places that sell the poor little chicks.

[RufusTFirefly]

2. April Fools

No mention of this on PETA's site. Wonder why.

Because it's just shit that Politico has made up, perhaps?

If you did some research on who owns Politico, you'd be a lot less likely to quote it. At least I hope so.

Frederick J. Ryan, Jr, President and CEO of Politico.com, also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation

Politico is owned by Albritton Communications. That's the same Albritton family that controlled Riggs Bank.
Try Googling "Riggs Bank" and "Pinochet", for example. Or "Riggs Bank" and "CIA."

[Tx4obama]

3. First article was from 4/3/12 not on April Fools, see below

Here: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/74784.html

Look legit to me.


Edited to add...

And HuffPo is reporting on it too

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/03/peta-protest-white-house-easter-egg-roll_n_1400934.html

[RufusTFirefly]

4. I'm being facetious about "April Fools." April Fools happens more than just once a year at Politico

As a news source, it's of very questionable veracity.

And the HuffPo article is just quoting Politico. That's not validation. That's known as the Echo Chamber. Where's the quote from the PETA source? If it were true, you'd assume there'd be a quote from PETA. That's Journalism 101. Case in point.

Occasionally Politico gets something right. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.