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 An attempt at rebuttal
Author: coyote 
Date:   05-09-12 08:52

http://www.illuminantpartners.com/2012/05/08/dead-baby-pills-sad-story-misinformation-miscommunication/

This may sound like news, but it isn’t really.

As early as August 2011, South Korean TV channels started broadcasting news about “dead baby pills” from China. The information was fairly vague, and was acknowledge by the Chinese government soon after, who demanded an investigation be initiated in Jilin Province, where the pills were supposed to be made. This was all over Chinese news for a couple of days before being flushed into the oblivion by more exciting (not necessarily good) news with more solid references...

...neither the Chinese nor the Koreans have ever had any traditions of consuming dead babies.

South Korea certainly did seize several batches of capsules containing dried and powdered human flesh. But whether or not they are “dead babies” remains a big question....

Human placenta is the most likely answer....

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My take... Associated press did run this story without much reference and a lot of speculation. Really more rumor-mongering than reporting. Lots of unsavory things happen in China and Korea but eating babies is simply not a tradition they indulge in. So the rebuttal made a good point. While consuming babies may turn out to be a needless scare, the press taking liberty with misinformation is indeed a scary thing.
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