[blindkid] eHow internet article series on blindness

Fri Mar 22 17:35:34 UTC 2013

I found this email as the 'PR team' yasmeen at demandmedia.com  There is also
a contact area but i don' t think this issue falls under this bucket but
people could try this too http://www.ehowhelp.com/anonymous_requests/new

On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Dr. Denise M Robinson
<deniserob at gmail.com>wrote:

> I am looking too for an email...all over the internet...there has to be an
> email somewhere...or maybe they know they are putting out terrible info and
> just do not want feedback...so sad
> Denise
>
> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Carrie Gilmer <carrie.gilmer at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Not that I have found yet Bernie, the contact i put up comes from their
> > Terms and Conditions page.
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > On Mar 22, 2013, at 9:09 AM, Bernadette Jacobs <bernienfb75 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Does this outfit have any such thing as an Email or place to submit
> > > comments/complaints VIA the Internet???
> > >
> > > Bernie
> > >
> > > On 3/22/13, Carrie Gilmer <carrie.gilmer at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> Hello all~
> > >> I discovered last night a series of articles written and posted on
> eHow
> > >> concerning blindness. they are misleading at best, horrifically bad
> > >> perpetuated falsehoods at worst.  I had only viewed four of them last
> > night
> > >> and had to stop, I was so upset. This morning a friend pointed out
> that
> > I
> > >> was mentioned and partially quoted in another one! I was completely
> > unaware,
> > >> and found upon reading it, it is in the midst of misleading and mixed
> > >> messages and not an accurate portrayal from the article or from our
> > life!,
> > >> I believe it was pulled from. The same is true for a friend of mine
> also
> > >> "quoted" in the same article! one of the articles is titled "How to
> set
> > the
> > >> table for a blind person", yes, seriously. "How to care for a blind
> > >> person"...They are Just dripping with condescending dramatic language
> > and
> > >> ideas! They appear to name the NFB (named National Federation FOR the
> > Blind)
> > >> as a reference!!!!!!!!
> > >>
> > >> I strongly encourage you to read the articles in the series and write
> > >> complaints both individually and as groups, with reasoned argument
> > specific
> > >> to false points. There are multiple authors, so letters naming
> problems
> > with
> > >> each article are needed.
> > >>
> > >> We must get these off the internet.
> > >>
> > >> Contact for complaint for eHow:
> > >>
> > >> I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO HAS COMPLAINT OR KNOWS ANYTHING ACCURATE
> ABOUT
> > >> BLINDNESS TO WRITE A FORMAL COMPLAINT TO EHOW!!!! I will be doing it
> > one for
> > >> each ridiculous article!! i believe if they get enough coherent and
> > >> reasonable complaints they will take these down permanently...as per
> > their
> > >> policy on misinformation!:
> > >>
> > >> Further Information If you have a complaint, you may contact us at
> eHow,
> > >> Inc. Legal Department, 5808 Lake Washington Blvd. Ste. 300, Kirkland,
> WA
> > >> 98033, U.S.A. If you are a California resident, the Complaint
> Assistance
> > >> Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the Dept. of Consumer
> > Affairs
> > >> may be contacted at 400 R Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 or (800)
> > 952-5210
> > >>
> > >> Best,
> > >>
> > >> Carrie
> > >>
> > >> Sent from my iPad
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