Jane Velez-Mitchell
Jane Velez-Mitchell
Jane Velez-Mitchell is a television journalist and author. For six years she hosted her own show on HLN, Jane Velez-Mitchellreplacing Glenn Beck, who moved to Fox News Channel. She is often seen commenting on high-profile cases for CNN, TruTV, E! and other national cable TV shows. Velez-Mitchell frequently guest hosts for Nancy Grace on her Headline News show. Velez-Mitchell reported for the nationally syndicated show Celebrity Justice. She also appears as a substitute host on HLN's Showbiz Tonight. In October...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
CountryUnited States of America
I think everybody who commits a violent killing is in some way crazy. But that doesn't mean we can let them off the hook for that.
Using animals for entertainment is big business, plain and simple.
We have allowed ourselves to be defined by our consumption instead of by our ability to move beyond it.
Travis Alexander was a good guy. Was he a saint? No. But he was somebody who was really, really invested in helping other people and making this world a better place. Everything he did, even the car he drove, was a sign of him trying to be a force for good in this world.
Capture of a wild animal is invariably traumatic.
Shopping in the right kind of stores and looking for healthier foods can be a wonderful adventure to health.
She gets away with it. Everybody co-signs her bad behavior. It's like we all are co-dependent on Lindsay Lohan. When are we going to stand up to her?
McDonald's says it's phasing out pig gestation crates. When I heard that news, I almost started crying.
What does homophobia look like when it's stripped bare of fancy costumes like family values and tradition? It looks like that group of strange, angry people who protest at the funerals of U.S. soldiers who've died fighting for our country.
What does animal welfare have to do with food safety? The animals are the food! They are living in their own excrement, developing horrific sores, stressed out, and, therefore, more vulnerable to illness and disease.
Why are kids being inundated with food that is not good for them, when we're suffering from an obesity crisis? Is the U.S. government talking out of both sides of its mouth, promoting bad food while telling us not to eat it?
The government sends low-flying helicopters to chase the horses into corrals and then takes them from the plains of the American West to federal holding pens. The government claims it's to save the horses from starvation. Critics claim the real motive is to clear the land for cattle grazing. Critics also say the horses are brutally traumatized.
We have got to stop being a society that turns our heads and looks the other way.
Unfortunately, fur is still flying off the racks. It's a billion dollar industry.