Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Defensive or Spot on?

Megyn Kelly from FOX NEWS got into it with PETA's spokes person Lisa Lange. Apparently the live interview is one of the most viewed online. PETA as an organization has had ad campaigns with two girls making out in public on an inflatable bed. (In Texas of all states, why one of the most conservative places like El Paso?) For obvious reasons, this has caused many viewers to become angry and very offended. This isn't the first time PETA has offended people with their advertisements. Remember their super-bowl commercial with women rubbing their bodies with vegetables? Although this may have gotten PETA attention and some people found it funny, is it the right attention or does it make the organization look ridiculous? For example, the message they wanted to send was that men become impotent by age 60 and that meat clogs vital organs... I'll leave it up to you to decide if two women kissing sends that message to the audience. On the other hand, it is apparent that PETA did get the attention they wanted with 3 million views online of their super-bowl ad. But is this the type of reaction they wanted? After watching the four minute video of Megyan Kelly going at it with Lisa Lange, I wondered if Megyn was to hard on the spokeswoman? Or did the spokeswoman just not give credible answers? I am torn on this because I do eat meat, but that doesn't make me view vegetarians in any different way; however, I don't see the message PETA wanted to send to the public through their ad campaigns. I mean really, can you "sex up" animal rights?
I'll leave that up to you to decide. You can view the video at http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html.

1 comment:

  1. Remember to use paragraphs and indent.

    "Why in El Paso, Texas, one of the most conservative places in the nation?" is better construction.

    PETA is an it, not a they.

    too hard, not to hard

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