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Pam Anderson's PETA Hypocrisy Hits the Editorial Page

The Wall Street Journal's editorial page write, "The Center for Consumer Freedom raises a good question." Should "Baywatch" star and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) celebrity supporter Pamela Anderson be held to her own rhetorical standards?

The buxom star has criticized NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. for endorsing KFC, saying: "When you take a multimillion-dollar endorsement from a company, you must also take some responsibility for the company's practices." But Anderson lends her name to the radical PETA, which supports the restaurant-firebombing Animal Liberation Front. And PETA also opposes research that may lead to a cure for Anderson's own disease. read more here »




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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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