Oprah's Chicken Giveaway : Philanthropy or Hypocrisy?

autust30 Ithink what she did was great!!!!whats the difference in people buying the chicken.

I have been unemployed since Jan. If someone wants to give me a free meal, I will accept it. There are alot of companies out there trying to help those of us on hard times. It is not just KFC or Oprah. Enjoy it! Take advantage of it! Move on!

I printed the coupon. Then when I was to redeem it, they stated I needed a form sent in to KFC to get my free meal. I didn't get the form. KFC just lost my business.

Oprah should be criticized for a lot of things, but not this. She offered a FREE meal to people who don't have any money! I swear, some people cannot handle a good deed and have to find something wrong with it. Yes, poor treatment of the chickens is bad, but Oprah wasn't condoning that'she was condoning helping your fellow man eat. Goodness . . . the only reason they even brought it up is because she is so famous and they wanted exposure. If it had been anyone else, they wouldn't have thought twice about it.

I'm so tired of people trying to pressure others to fall in line with their personal agendas. Everyone has the right to their choice & opinion - not just the ones with the loudest voices. That's what the freedom to choose is all about.

One thing I do not understand, if these coupons were intended for the hungry.. the poor.. to help starving families... What's to say they have internet access at all? How would those people obtain the coupon? I agree with prior comments, chickens are here for us to eat, to get eggs, and what not. I also do agree, the effort should have been sent more to the food banks and such, TONS of people all obtained this coupon, even if they wern't needy. It just wasn't fair.

I think that KFC did not know the magnitude of the turnout from the oprah show. the irony is that the people who needed it most were turned away for having the "same" coupon, that which they printed from Oprah instead of the bricks coupon. As much as this country likes to say it helps the poor when they are standing in line with us it is another story entirely. True, many people passed the coupons around at their jobs and to family but in these times a free meal was greatly needed by all. I have a new disgust for KFC as a result of this campaign, There is a double standard in regards to coupons and deals in that they are only for "deserving" soccer moms, not the folks trying to get by.

Do you think the criticism coming from animal rights groups is warranted? NO !

I guess I could see where both sides of the argument are coming from. However, in today's economy I think that we all need a little help anywhere we can get it. Oprah is only trying to help people, and people eat chicken all of the time! I really don't see what all the fuss is about!

I think it was nice of KFC to offer this, but it was poorly executed. I didn't have any desire to get the coupon but I know a few people who did and then was told they couldn't use it at our local KFC. PETA is a crazy organization that wants to every one from eating meat or owning any type of pets. I was interested in PETA when I first heard about it until I started doing some research into it. I'm a meat eater and a pet lover so I lost interest in them.

Truly, there is good and bad in every persons' way of thinking, but wether the person giving has money or not, that shouldn't be the issue. It's about giving what ever it may be, big or small, material or inmaterial. If everyone could just be thankfull and appreciate what has been given, it would make life so much easier. We should all remember that even the littlest gift, is more that we didn't have.

I think that that was an excellent idea to give free meals with the coupons...& auctually i gave mine to a homeless woman who had 2 kids with her.....only if there were more ppl in the world like Oprah to give a little bit of hope & light to those in the dark.

Oh my goodness, I'm glad someone said it xrkt001! Does it really matter if we are eating the animals anyway? Do I care if the bacon I'm eating came from a pig that had a nice acre to roam? Please. We are, as a previous poster said, omnivores. We eat what we need to in order to survive. Honestly PETA, being a vegetarian or a vegan (especially in the times we are in) is a LUXURY. I personally, cannot afford to be complaining about how organic my vegetables are or if the beef I cooked for dinner to feed my family was treated nicely or fairly before it ended up in my cart. It's absolute lunacy. We are going to eat the animals... who cares how they are treated they are going to be butchered in the end! I think what Oprah and KFC did was a great use of marketing and PR... it is too bad they weren't prepared on KFC's end for the great demand, but I must say in times like these, it's great to get a little relief, even if it's just a single meal.

Ok, if the chickens are being killed for our nourishment anyway, why does their living conditions matter. That makes no sense at all. In all honesty, she didn't have to do it at all.

i think that oprah may have meant well. And sure some hungry people got a free meal, but how many people do you know that go days without a meal have access to a computer to print anything let alone a coupon.