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Factual information regarding slaughterhouses in US

The film states there are only 13 slaughterhouses in the US.[ http://getafilm.blogspot.com/2009/04/on-horizon-food-inc.html] Since I knew of 2 within a few miles of where I live, I thought this number sounded low. The wikipedia page on slaughterhouses states there are 5,700 in the United States. This seems like a large discrepancy. Makes me wonder what other facts stated in the film are in error? 68.111.246.29 (talk) 17:11, 21 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Article talk pages should not be used by editors as a platform for their personal views, nor for casual conversation. Article talk pages are only to be used for discussing improvements to their associated pages. - Tim1965 (talk) 20:27, 21 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How is discussing factual inaccuracies in the film a personal view? I suggest an improvement to the article by addressing this issue, OK? 68.111.246.29 (talk) 01:36, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Then go ahead and do so, so long as it is not original research. But make the change to the article, not o the talk page. And by the way, "the film" makes no such claim about "13 slaughterhouses." That Getafilm.blogspot.com Web site makes that claim. Just because someone who runs a blog says, "The film says X", that doesn't mean the film actually says it. - Tim1965 (talk) 01:50, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You obviously haven't seen the film or you would'nt say that they don't make this claim. It is right here in their own press materials on page 8 under the title "Facts from Food, Inc": [1] 68.111.246.29 (talk) 02:40, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You are mis-reading that fact sheet. It says the top 13 slaughterhouses provide the majority of beef in the U.S. It does not say that there are only 13 cattle slaughterhouses. It does not say there are only 13 slaughterhouses for all animals. - Tim1965 (talk) 18:13, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK, not to keep quibbling about this, but both the film and the the fact sheet says "In the 1970s, there were thousands of slaughterhouses producing the majority of beef sold. Today, we have only 13." I'm done with this, there is no room for truth here apparently. Sorry. 68.111.246.29 (talk) 20:41, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]