Nestle Aus manager calls critics irrational, biased
Complete with the infantilising headline we’ve come to expect from Fairfax media, Asher Moses has written up the ongoing #nestlefamily incident: “Mummy bloggers spit the dummy over Nestle’s spoilt milk” First, Nestlé hung its bloggers out to dry, leaving them to deal – very, very badly – with the PR disaster they co-created. Nestlé then [...]
Medela Bites its Thumb at the WHO Code
I’d like you to watch this ad with a critical eye. [Transcript is appended.] [If you know all about the Code and Innocenti and APMAIF already, skip down to the next iteration of the ad below!] The WHO Code and the Innocenti Declaration I’ve posted here a fair bit in the past on the World [...]
Call to activism: oppose infant formula promotion in Qld Indigenous communities
“Use my picture if it will help” said the woman in this photograph. The babies are twins: the child with the bottle is a girl – she died the next day – but her brother was breastfed and is thriving. The mother was told that she wouldn’t have enough milk for both children, and so [...]
Quick Hit: medical misinformation in TV-drama leads to bullying at school
Boy taunted after Seven’s Down syndrome gaffe Channel Seven is facing legal action and an advertising boycott after popular show All Saints implied that Down syndrome is caused by incest. Down syndrome groups say that at least one child has already been subject to schoolyard taunts because of the “preposterous” storyline. This from a show [...]
More sexist scum: Johnny Vegas *UPDATE* – in dispute
Update Friday 9th May: The Guardian has taken down the blog post and article featured in the following post. The original report has been challenged strongly and no-one else has come forward to support the allegations. I will leave the body of the post for the record, but I’ve struck through the text to make [...]
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