Gah! Ulrika spouting off in today's Evening Standard

[lizzytee]

Yes, it's in response to Kate Garraway on cross-nursing/wet-nursing. The bit I love (not) is her statement that formula is the "time-honoured", "modern" alternative. As if wet nursing was something newly invented by flaky Californians?

I do respect her opinion but wish she would get her facts straight

God, truly terrible. Such damage - and I'm donating my surplus to a milk bank, which probably makes me mad bad and dangerous to know.

Just a catty point: anyone see the pictures of Ulrika's GINORMOUS bazookas? How on earth did she fail to feed her hungry son with those 10pinters?!

Miaow...

Typical DM dross though StilStanding. "She had children by different fathers."

Found it - "hurrah!www.newscientist.com/article/dn4854-chocolate-in-pregnancy-keeps-baby-happy.html"

I have never seen a bf zealot on MN.

Hmm, Dairy Milk or Green & Blacks? I shall have to experiment thoroughly

green and black every time

But cherry or ginger?

caramel.ginger was good when pg (spicy)

They still ahven't put up my comment??

Ooh, hadn't thought of caramel.

Mine either stretchmark.

Someone needs to write a pro-Ulrika comment with a different IP and email address and see if they publish that!

scottishmummy, agreed that many people will not take Ulrika's views particularly seriously. But shouldn't anyone expressing a view in a public forum about a health issue have some responsibility to say things that were accurate? Particularly given that a phone call to the NCT enquiry line could have answered most of those questions.

I just put;

OOOH! I lurvve Ulrika!!

What a foul wench she is.

more green and black mmmm

LT would that realistically happen health censorship with disclaimers and helplines?how would mags sell approved "blood type diet".you dont need to be haematologist to know it's crap, or need a helpline to tell you

That level of censorship and intervention is pretty extreme

Haven't read the article as I know it would make me want to punch things (and I don't have to read it to know that she's talking shite ), but just a thought about UJ: she took such a nasty kicking from various sources about her own parenting choices, so maybe this has made her either bitter or uncaring when it comes to making nasty comments about other people's choices?

Yeah - i guess it is a bit much to hope for, that an article written about a health issue is properly researched with some actual facts in it.

The thing is - that piece isn't a health essay. It's an opinion piece made out to look like a health essay which is far more dangerous IMO as it makes it far easier to read and digest and is much, much more insidious.

The more i think about it, the angrier it's making me, actually. Ulrika really is a massive twat.

(Damn you, Scottishmummy, for that G&B link btw!)

LOL at the blood type diet, SM. What I was getting at is that as long as the news media see bf as a lifestyle issue, not a health issue, then there is no felt responsibility to say things that are accurate. Not advocating censorship, just accuracy. The way I think of it, most people would see an newspaper article saying that vitamins cure cancer as irresponsible, and a public figure expressing that opinion would be criticised.

yes if journalism were truthful etc.it should address factual errors.but we are all talking,copy sells

on one level job done
we werent discussing UJ yesterday

Nope, you're absolutely right SM.

As I said,

Gah!

anyhoo,back to my reports but what is the KG story then who did she bf- eammon holmes?

LOL SM, now that is truly yukky. KG is presenting a program about wetnursing/cross-nursing and there was an article in last week's presumed home of hippy breastfeeding police sergeants Guardian weekend with a pic of her "suckling" a calf.