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They don't talk about meat, but not "donkey" meat. Because it's not used for human consumption. You're more than welcome to prove me wrong, but you haven't. I believe that already speaks for itself.
And yeah this type of news bothers me because it promotes an erroneous idea of what Argentina is actually like. I once hosted a German student for a month and, while the guy was pretty chill, he was expecting my city to be full of cows and nature. Once I was watching How I Met Your Mother and when they go to Argentina they should either hippies on a beach living on what appears to be a jungle or an extremely run down hotel in Buenos Aires. Neither were even remotely close to real life.
Quotes and sources within and outside of Argentina news. (if you allow me to use the internet now for proof). It just takes a quick search for pages on info on it. Feel free and try the same.
They are eating donkeys now in Argentina and marketing it as beef is getting expensive
Chubut producer Julio Cittadini’s “Burros Patagones” project began commercial sales of donkey meat in April at 7,500 pesos per kilogram, compared to approximately 18,564 pesos per kilogram for beef — roughly 40% of the bovine price.
With beef prices hitting 25,000 pesos, the legalization of donkey slaughter reveals the rawest side of the Casa Rosada’s fiscal adjustment.
Controversial: the sale of donkey meat grows as a food and economic alternative in the province of Chubut - Noticias Ambientales https://share.google/CKOi5ihXDdGxSIHNp
They are eating donkeys now in Argentina and marketing it as beef is getting expensive | Page 2 | ExpatsBA - The Best Source for All Things Buenos Aires https://share.google/h8LLOQSr3zldCIn44
Argentina Crisis: Donkey meat consumption … — Diário Carioca https://share.google/lGO5UoHG14GREBueU
https://en.clickpetroleoegas.com.br/the-price-of-beef-in-argentina-has-skyrocketed-so-much-that-the-population-has-started-eating-donkey-and-llama-meat-as-an-alternative-while-btl96/#%3A%7E%3Atext=What+led+Argentinians+to+adopt%2Cthird+the+price+of+beef
Ok, finally found the source of all of this ridiculousness. Here you can see where they're supposedly selling this meat. It's a single butcher shop in the whole country and what they're doing is literally illegal. There are no bromatology processes to ensure that this type of meat is safe for human consumption because it's not approved by our national organisms. You literally cannot legally sell donkey meat in the country.
The only reason most news stories are about people in "Argentina" consuming this is engagement. That's it. If the title were "single butcher shop in Argentina sells illegal meat to offer lower prices" then people might not be as interested.
This whole thing is a big ol' nothingburger. That's why most national news outlets aren't even covering it.
To be fair... It always is.
What is?
A big nothingburger. It's always a big nothingburger. It's the news; they generate sensationalized headlines for clicks. If they can make someone angry, scared, defensive or passionate they get more clicks.