{"id":1644,"date":"2017-06-09T22:21:47","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T22:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/?p=1644"},"modified":"2017-06-09T22:21:47","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T22:21:47","slug":"petas-new-formula-the-old-formula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/animal-rights\/petas-new-formula-the-old-formula\/","title":{"rendered":"PeTA&#8217;s new formula: the old formula."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is always great to see PeTA taking heat for their dishonesty, but we take issue with the idea that this is some sort of <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2017\/06\/06\/peta-fake-animal-abuse-video\/\" target=\"_blank\">new formula<\/a> for them.<\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naiaonline.org\/articles\/article\/deception-in-the-name-of-animal-rights\" target=\"_blank\">ends-justify-the-means attitude toward deception<\/a> has been the name of their game from the start, and they have engaged in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vocativ.com\/culture\/science\/petas-outrageously-dishonest-ad-campaigns\/\" target=\"_blank\">numerous &#8220;fact free zone&#8221; campaigns<\/a>\u00a0over the years. A deceptive video featuring a CGI cat seems rather par for the course.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, while their methods for getting attention are not tethered to facts, we can appreciate that Ingrid Newkirk and others associated with PETA have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naiaonline.org\/naia-library\/articles\/quotes-from-the-leaders-of-the-animal-rights-movement\/\" target=\"_blank\">no problem saying exactly where they are coming from<\/a>, unlike some of the other animal rights-oriented groups that prefer to maintain a mainstream fa\u00e7ade.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1347\" src=\"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/naiaLogo-300x155.jpg\" alt=\"naiaLogo\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/naiaLogo-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/naiaLogo-768x397.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/naiaLogo-1024x530.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is always great to see PeTA taking heat for their dishonesty, but we take issue with the idea that this is some sort of new formula for them.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1644"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1644"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1649,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1644\/revisions\/1649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}