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Discovery Channel pushing the propaganda

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Posted by: natsamjosh at Tue May 5 21:50:43 2009   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by natsamjosh ]  
   

If sh** science (that's one step beyond junk science) makes anyone else's blood boil, please consider writing and e-mailing Discovery Communications, Inc. to express your displeasure. Well, before I get ahead of myself, check out the article:

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/04/30/pet-trade-costs.html

Note the disingenuous mentioning of the swine flu (which has nothing to do with the pet trade). And presented as *fact* is that there are 30,000 Burmese pythons in the everglades. And no citations of any sort.

Anyway, for whatever it's worth, I e-mailed the investor relations and the viewer relations departments, and I snail mailed a letter to the CEO indicating that I will not allow myself or my family to watch Discovery Channel, nor will I ever invest money in their company, until they show some scientific integrity by at least presenting an opposing viewpoint. I'll be happy to provide the letter to anyone, just PM me. The letters may or may not make a difference, but certainly several hundred or thousand will have a better chance of getting noticed than 10 or 20.

Anyway, here's the contact information:

investor_relations@discovery.com

http://extweb.discovery.com/viewerrelations

David Zaslav
Discovery Communications, Inc.
1 Discovery Pl
Silver Spring, MD 20910


Thanks!

   

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