Animal Farm Ethical Issue

This paper argues that mainstream media has a direct influence on what we perceive as ethical food, and thus, good to eat. The focus of this paper is on the media’s portrayal of farm animals and its effect on consumption rather than other ways that the media influences us, such as fast-food advertisements and how they affect our view of what is healthy and what we should be eating. Therefore, the use of the term “ethical” in this paper refers to methods of obtaining food in which animals are caused no suffering. The media often covers only a small subset of farm animals and shows how they have been mistreated. This unequal coverage of various animals has affected the way we view which foods are ethical to consume. In addition, this paper goes into detail about the relationship between big agricultural corporations and the media and how this affects the coverage of farm animals.
Nearly every child has heard the nursery rhyme “Old MacDonald Had a Farm,” whose lyrics and accompanying picture book paint a pretty picture of what farm life is like to children. A sweet, loving, and caring old man looks after all his farm animals as if they were his own children. “The farm is small and picturesque, the farmer and his wife love their animals and carefully tend their crops, and they all live happily ever after” . This is the image most people have of farm life throughout their entire lives, and when they think about where the meat that they buy comes from, they often think of farms like this. However, this is far from