Scaremongering Media

This morning I read the news about the foot and mouth outbreak in Surrey. While it is of major concern, especially following the events of six years ago, why do the media have to show all those terrible photos of burning animals from 2001?

At the moment the outbreak is contained and the authorities are doing all they can to keep it that way. Repeating the images from six years ago will stir up worldwide panic, and the UK agricultural industry will be unfairly blacklisted. After the wet summer and poor treatment from major supermarkets, don’t the farmers have enough to cope with!