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KSCJ Thinks Pink, Drops ABC News

Good for them. Pink Slime is a media-originated buzzword that unfairly characterized the product, all for the sake of a story.

I'm all for a free press (including electronic); been involved in it myself. But too many under qualified, and yes, sadly underpaid journalists do a disservice to the public by going too far in their competitive efforts.
 
Been There said:
Good for them. Pink Slime is a media-originated buzzword that unfairly characterized the product, all for the sake of a story.

I'm all for a free press (including electronic); been involved in it myself. But too many under qualified, and yes, sadly underpaid journalists do a disservice to the public by going too far in their competitive efforts.
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The moniker was originated by a USDA microbiologist, in an e mail to a colleague that was obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. Lean Finely Textured Beef consists of bits of meat, fat and connective tissue left on the carcass after primal cuts are removed; it's heated, run through a centrifuge and treated with ammonium hydroxide. That's why people don't want to eat it.
 
Thanks for the clarification. I can see why the media picked it up, but still, isn't it just one person's characterization?

Making sausage isn't pretty, either, but it's out there from hot dogs to bratwurst, and lots of people love it.
 
Been There said:
Thanks for the clarification. I can see why the media picked it up, but still, isn't it just one person's characterization?

Making sausage isn't pretty, either, but it's out there from hot dogs to bratwurst, and lots of people love it.
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That is the dilemma. If a merely accurate description of a product's origins is enough to make consumers reject it, what do you do? Some food nut with a large Internet audience--that's what happened with LFTB--could launch a campaign detailing how, say, Jimmy Dean makes its sausages. It could be completely true and thoroughly unappetizing. I think beef industry people would have preferred that Tom Vilsack not give schools the right to demand LFTB-free hamburger, but many of them may have offered not to offer hamburger at all.
 
Regardless of where the term "pink slime" began, ABC radio is taking the heat.

Sept. 12 AP report: Beef Products Inc. is suing ABC News for defamation, saying the network’s coverage of “pink slime” misled consumers. The company has accused ABC of “false and misleading and defamatory” statements and is seeking $1.2 billion in damages.
 
Been There said:
Regardless of where the term "pink slime" began, ABC radio is taking the heat.

Sept. 12 AP report: Beef Products Inc. is suing ABC News for defamation, saying the network’s coverage of “pink slime” misled consumers. The company has accused ABC of “false and misleading and defamatory” statements and is seeking $1.2 billion in damages.
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They are also suing the guy who came up with the term, a former USDA microbiologist, along with ABC reporters and a former BPI employee. This in legal parlance is known as the "buckshot" approach; they might get lucky and hit something.
 
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