BBC criticised for naming panda as a woman of the year

[jimmy olsen]

  Stupid fucks.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/8980607/BBC-criticised-for-naming-panda-as-a-woman-of-the-year.html

BBC criticised for naming panda as a woman of the year
The BBC has come in for ridicule after it included a giant panda called Sweetie alongside Pippa Middleton and Adele in its list of the 12 women of the year.

By Donna Bowater

1:50PM GMT 28 Dec 2011

The broadcaster's Faces of the year 2011 – the women featured the women who made the headlines for each month and included Gabrielle Giffords, the US Congresswoman who recovered after she was shot in the head, as well as Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff.

Pippa Middleton is named as the female face of April after she caught the nation's attention as maid of honour at the wedding of her sister Kate to Prince William.

But for December, the BBC picked Sweetie the panda, who arrived along with Sunshine in Edinburgh from China. The pandas are on loan to the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland for £600,000 a year.

The list sparked a mock-frenzy on Twitter with users labelling the episode "panda gate".

[Caliga]

I don't understand the obsession with Pippa Middleton.

[Josquius]

I don't see the big deal, the panda story was top of the headlines that month and...well....its just a cute little joke.

[Richard Hakluyt]

The 99% are annoyed at the Panda's salary 

[CountDeMoney]

I don't understand the obsession with Pippa Middleton.

That's because you're a breast man, and not an ass man;  which is why you would rather whack off to Nancy Grace.

[Caliga]

That's because you're a breast man, and not an ass man;  which is why you would rather whack off to Nancy Grace.

That was a low blow, man.

[Martinus]

I don't see how anyone would compare a panda to Pippa Middleton.

After all, one is a dumb representative of a dying species that's interesting only due to its mating habits and just happened to be in the right place at the right time and the other is a panda.

[jimmy olsen]

I don't see how anyone would compare a panda to Pippa Middleton.

After all, one is a dumb representative of a dying species that's interesting only due to its mating habits and just happened to be in the right place at the right time and the other is a panda.

Ok, that was a good one Marty.

[Brazen]

I blame the Conservative-led government. There were also no female finalists for the Sports Personality of the Year award 

[Valmy]

I blame the Conservative-led government. There were also no female finalists for the Sports Personality of the Year award 

Poor Tories.  They get blamed for putting women in charge and then get blamed with they keep them out.  They just cannot win.

[Valmy]

I don't understand the obsession with Pippa Middleton.

At least Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian had sex tapes.

[KRonn]

The BBC is just pandering to animal lovers...   

[mongers]

The BBC is just pandering to animal lovers...   

Why do you people see this as such a black and white issue ?

[Martinus]

I just don't get the whole pandamonium surrounding this issue.

[Valmy]

I just don't get the whole pandamonium surrounding this issue.

It is just a bunch of pandering.