AR-News: (USA) ABC World News circus coverage

[molly]

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> Please help-Send Quick Email and Tell ABC News that on the World News 
> Tonite with Peter Jennings, their circus story was extremely biased 
> and pro-circus and was not fair and balanced!
> On the ABC NEWS World News Tonite with Peter Jennings Monday at 
> approximately 6:55 Eastern Time there was a story called "Big Trouble 
> With Big Top". It was about the current ballot initiative in Denver 
> Colorado right now where a 14 year old girl and others collected 
> enough signitures to put a circus question on the ballot. The 
> question is to ban Exotic animals such as elephants, tigers, bears, 
> ect..This ballot would not include domestic animals. The segment was 
> extremely Pro-Circus and one-sided. The segment opened with a man 
> doing a trick with his little dog on the floor!! This dog act would 
> NOT be effected at all if this balot initiative passed. It is only 
> for the exotic animals. They showed clowns and potrayed it like there 
> would not be clowns anymore and they would be out of a job. Out of 
> all the interviews, they interviewed Ringling Bros. saying how they 
> cared for their animals, a clown(who is hired by Ringlings), the 
> clown again at a public hearing saying the animals are cared for, 2 
> men "on the street" that were pro-circus and pictures, a Denver City 
> Councilor saying how much money the city would lose, and a clip of 
> elephants eating carrots. The other side, our side-just the little 15 
> year old girl speaking twice and not even giving her the greatest 
> points. That's it, nobody else, nothing else. This was so one-Sided I 
> am disgusted. When the circus was able to say we care for our animals 
> so much and showed them eating carrots, why wasn't our side presented 
> showing a confined elephant swaying and bobbing her head in stress 
>  from her extreme confinemnet? How about showing our side of TINY 
> cages where the Tigers must live and can barely pace in it? How about 
> showing the bull-hook what we are against? None of that was shown. 
> But they show the elephants in the exciting colorful circus ring and 
> a clip of them eating their carrots as the circus says how much they 
> take care of them. You can watch the clip on ABC News yourself. I 
> can't seem to get it to work though. Please let ABC News know that 
> you think this was not Fair and NOT balanced and extremely One-sided. 
> Great PR for Ringling Bros. Obviosly they didn't put our side on how 
> the ASPCA is sueing Ringling and that former employees have come out 
> against the abuse, undercover video has been taken, and USDA 
> documents show this. Non of this. It was basically great PR for 
> Ringlings. It's not right. Thanks
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> Contact ABC NEWs with Peter Jennings Click here
> http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/WorldNewsTonight/WNT_newemail_f
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> ----You can try to view this video-it's on the ABC News Website-It 
> wont work for me? I saw it on TV though....
>  Big Trouble for Big Top
> Teenage girl works to drive the circus out of Denver, alleging 
> abusive practices 
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