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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAndrea Mitchell will have Nancy Brinker (Komen) in her first interview
At 10 AM Pacific, 1 pm Eastern
Go to twitter and flood Andrea Mithcell's twitter account and demand a tough interview
https://twitter.com/#!/mitchellreports
blm
(113,084 posts)and they countered her famous photo with all their cutesy pink shit to co-opt the movement, its dollars, and its power.
http://www.beautyoutofdamage.com/Aboutphoto.html
hlthe2b
(102,351 posts)Pink is for little girls, IMO. Women deserve a stronger, more supportive and more dignified approach to this serious health issue.
Every year when the stores get flooded with pink Komen-associated kitsch, I get a bit nauseus--particularly knowing how little (% wise) of their funding ever made it to breast cancer research
tsuki
(11,994 posts)Response to itsrobert (Original post)
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itsrobert
(14,157 posts)I think it was taped on the condition that it's approved by Komen before airing.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)And now the Komen people can say that they've been on the teevee to answer all the critics, and anybody who's still upset is just a malcontent ingrate. Watch for it . . .
Pisces
(5,602 posts)Response to Pisces (Reply #12)
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hlthe2b
(102,351 posts)n/t
Serial Mom
(2,256 posts)I read her remarks already and sure she won't say anything different. They LOVE hurting people - then LOVE acting victimized... think palin...
Hubert Flottz
(37,726 posts)Joe Camel's Twin Sister.
RiffRandell
(5,909 posts)"Response has been very favorable....Karen Handel had nothing to do with this"
Bullshit!