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BBC television station make controversy after releasing a list of 'People of Women Year 2011'. Cause the television station from British put a female panda named Sweetie as the December figures.
While the list is filled by another month of human figures such as singers Adele and Pippa Middleton. Controversy on the list the first time in the crowded social networking site Twitter with #pandagate.
Reporting from The Daily Telegraph, December 28, 2011, many users are asking why the BBC television station put the animal to the list of most women into the newspaper headlines this year.
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British congress member Stella Creasy also expressed surprise that the same tweet, "It is not intended to poke fun Sweetie - she panda sweet and classy - but the title list is only called 'woman', not 'female' this year ..."
Previously, the list of 'Sports Personality of Year 2011' which was released BBC television station also get criticism because votes do not appreciate the achievement of women athletes. As published daily the Guardian, the athletes entered in the list are all male, none of the female athlete.
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Responding to this, television station from British, BBC spokesman said that the inclusion of nonhuman characters in the list of 'figures of this year's version of them is not the first time this has happened. "Earlier there was a giant fish Benton on the list 'Leaders Men of 2009' in August, as well as Peppa pig who became the face of April in the list of 'People of Women Year 2009'," he said.
Sweetie is the giant panda from Beijing who is now one of Edinburgh zoo collection together with a male panda named Sunshine earlier this month. Sweetie panda the entry in list of 'Woman of the Year' referred to the BBC television station as a pleasant addition.
