Leader: Farming will always fight back against anti-livestock narrative

Channel 4's inaccurate portrayal of UK beef production in its programme 'The Great British Beef Battle' has seen farming's social media stalwarts spring into action to set the record straight - informatively and truthfully.

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Leader: Farming will always fight back against anti-livestock narrative

Complaints have been lodged with regulator OFCOM and hopefully an investigation will find that the broadcaster has breached editorial standards, with what farmers have blasted as a ‘one-sided' and ‘biased'...

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