Stupid media!!

Anyone remember the pit bull attacking a horse story in Ohio recently? Read this ! of course the REAL story wasnt told!!!

PLEASE CONTACT THESE PEOPLE TODAY!


As you all know, the Plain Dealer and Fox 8 News ran stories regarding a pit bull "attack" on a horse in the metro parks. Most of you should know that the owner of the dog contacted me to let me know that her dog did not attack the horse. The dog got off leash and the horse started bucking. The woman got hit by a tree branch and the dog and the horse took off running. The rangers spoke to the owners and determined that this was just animal against animal and that it was not unusual and nothing to be worried about.

After the horse owner saw that the dog was a pit, she started threatening the dog owner. The pit was hurt pretty badly and the horse needed stitches and had cuts from running through the woods. The woman started insisting that the dog bit her. After she was asked to prove it, the doctor reported that she was not bit; it was just an abrasion. Well, as stated above, this woman contacted as many news stations and the plain dealer to get the story out.

Since she was caught in the lie, she has apologized to the dog owner and has retracted her statement. Of course, she hasn't done so publicly. In addition, neither of the sources of the story have retracted the story. This story has been very damaging for pit bull dogs and we need to demand a public retraction.

We want Fox Channel 8 and the Plain Dealer to know they were very irresponsible when the released the unsubstantiated story. We want a public apology and the true story out in public. People need to know that this isn't the first story that has been unsubstantiated and completely based on false information.

By this email, I am asking the dog owner to please contact all of these stations and entities and to get on the news and tell the true story. Please get the rangers to speak out and get that horrible horse owner to apologize on tv. This is horrendous and needs to be corrected.

I am asking that each of you contact the journalist that wrote the story for the Plain Dealer and Fox Channel 8 separately telling them how irresponsible they were and that you desire a public retraction and an accurate story to be released. For each email, please copy the people listed under "copy these people." If we all send emails, it may make a difference.

Plain Dealer journalist - jhorton@plaind.com
Channel 8 - fox8news@fox8cleveland.com

Copy these people
llai@woio.com
dstrzelczyk@woio.com
sobrien@woio.com
regan@newsnet5.com
newsmanagers@wews.com
colleen@newsnet5.com
benedict@newsnet5.com
monicarobins@wkyc.com
katherineboyd@wkyc.com
jennifermurphy@wkyc.com
kristinanderson@wkyc.com
emcintyr@plaind.com
cquinn@plaind.com
cseper@plaind.com
rbrett@plaind.com
zlewis@plaind.com
dclifton@plaind.com

Here are links to the stories:

http://www.myfoxcleveland.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=3149430F3ED44C2B78DD819DD4F54EEF?contentId=3063751&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1

http://www.cleveland.com/plaindealer/stories/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1178019092170270.xml&coll=2
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Shana Klein, President
For the Love of PITS
P.O. Box 19292
Cleveland, Ohio 44119
www.fortheloveofpits.org

 

I posted this on PBF, but here is another way to get the correct story run:

 

A very clever idea, Hoyden.