Request for special guidelines concerning the coverage of breastfeeding issues in the press, to encourage balanced reporting of all the health issues related to breastfeeding and formula fee
We would like to petition the Press Complaints Commission to implement additional 'special guidelines' to cover all areas of reportage concerning breastfeeding.It has become apparent that the current... continue reading »
"if women had truly made a fully informed choice about switching to formla, they would not feel guilty, we need to be able to present all of the facts without being labelled bullies or nazis"
"It is time that there is a major reversal in mainstream media to return breastfeeding as the normal, default way to feed a baby and to stop normalising formula feeding. MIllions of pounds could be saved every year by the NHS by encouraging and supporting "
"i think though things are better, needs to improve"
"keep the pressure on girls"
"there a need for headlines to reflect tge story not to shock the reader into buying the paper."
"Cannot come soon enough. Protect infant health!"
"bf mother to emma, 4 months"
"So called 'experts' on the media rarely seem to know what they are talking about. As a trained breastfeeding counsellor who has helped mums for over 17 years I rarely hear of mums being pressured to breastfeed, rather the reverse...they find it very diffi"
