According to the experts the film was one-sided and biased that one journalist, who has worked in the German media for nearly 40 years, said it was one of the worst examples of “killer journalism” that he has ever experienced. The film gives viewpoint of WWF only and didn’t attempt at fairness, says Herby Neubacher, who now has a seafood-consulting business in Vietnam.
The creator of the film had invited the pangasius producers openly and friendly for a first discussion without cameras, and they [the program’s creators] let a hidden camera run without telling them and used the footage later in the program. Neubacher also added that they were not allowed into the factory, so after the meeting they went around to the back [of the factory] and filmed there saying that the firm used hazardous and poisonous materials when processing the fish. But they had no proof.
Factory workers earning what is an adequate wage in Vietnam were referred to as “slaves.” Children bathing in the Mekong River, as they have done for generations, were “in poisonous water.” The list of accusations against the industry, and against Vietnam, goes on and on.
