Media Rely on Stories That Are 'Bad for You'
ByDan Gainor Don’t eat that! It doesn’t even matter what it is, somewhere someone on network news shows is probably telling you it’s “bad for you.” If you believe them, almost everything meets...
View ArticleCBS Obesity Story Heavy on Hype, Light On Substance
ByKen Shepherd It’s been three years, and CBS’s Thalia Assuras still hasn’t done her biology homework on the limitations of the body mass index (BMI). In a weekend “Evening News” story on a...
View ArticlePost's Givhan Continues Complaint about Skinny Models
ByKen Shepherd Two weeks ago, Washington Post fashion critic Robin Givhan suggested the fashion industry was exhibit A for why industry cannot regulate itself. She’s back at it again with a new...
View Article'American Morning' on Yo-Yo Diet of Obesity Hype
ByKen Shepherd Has CNN’s “American Morning” gotten its fill of the “obesity epidemic” hype? Maybe not, but on two separate occasions in the past few days, the program’s reporters have scoffed at...
View ArticleThe 'Consumer Group' That Doesn't Want You to Consume
ByJulia A. Seymour If it wouldn’t cause death, the Center for Science in the Public Interest would probably try to ban eating and drinking altogether. Despite the extreme positions of the...
View ArticleCNN Doc: We Need More Food Handouts for the Obese
ByJulia A. Seymour You can’t get much more ironic than wanting more funding for federal food grants for obese people. But that was essentially what Dr. Sanjay Gupta pushed on CNN “American...
View ArticleLife Expectancy Increasing or Decreasing, Depending on What Day It Is
ByJeff Poor Sixteen months ago, ABC “World News” warned of the dangers of obesity and the potential implications it could have for life expectancy. read more
View ArticleBad Company III
ByAmy MenefeeBusinessmen are in every city and town in America. They make the tractors that harvest your food, the jewelry you wear and the electricity that makes our society run. They sell vegetables...
View ArticleCNN's Gupta: 'Cheap' Corn Should Be Taxed to Fight Obesity
ByJeff Poor According to CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta, corn prices have been artificially lowered by government taxpayer subsidies, so they should be artificially raised with a tax on drinks sweetened...
View ArticleBehar Blames Restaurants for Obesity, Declares People 'Victims' of Eating
ByNathan Burchfiel Restaurants that serve unhealthy food – not the consumers who choose to eat it – are to blame for an obesity epidemic in the United States, according to Joy Behar, a co-host of...
View ArticleABC News: Weight Discrimination is 'Spiraling Upward'
ByJeff Poor Discrimination is a problem this country has faced throughout its history. People have been singled out for various characteristics they could not change – ethnicity or origin, color,...
View ArticleWash. Post on Obese Children: 'Parent' Never Mentioned
ByAmy Menefee When it’s time to blame someone for “the super-sizing of American children,” The Washington Post looks to companies that market “temptations of young consumers.” Never mind how those...
View Article'World News' Shills for Soda Tax to Fight Obesity
ByJeff PoorSaving the world one tax at a time might sound like a silly notion. Not to those who want a soda tax to control people’s consumption habits in the name of fighting obesity.On ABC’s April 8...
View ArticleFrom Soda Taxes to Happy Meal Toy Bans, Media Feed Viewers Food Police Message
ByJulia A. SeymourFood-filled winter holidays will soon arrive. But the liberal news media have already spent recent days comparing soda to an illegal drug, promoting a toy ban in kid’s Happy Meals,...
View ArticleThis Thanksgiving, Media Still Stuffed with Food Police Message
ByPaul Wilson, Joe and Betty Anderlik Fellow in Culture and MediaIn just a few days, Americans will give thanks for their blessings and celebrate them by stuffing themselves with a bountiful feast....
View ArticleMedia Rely on Stories That Are 'Bad for You'
ByDan Gainor Don’t eat that! It doesn’t even matter what it is, somewhere someone on network news shows is probably telling you it’s “bad for you.” If you believe them, almost everything meets...
View ArticleCBS Obesity Story Heavy on Hype, Light On Substance
ByKen Shepherd It’s been three years, and CBS’s Thalia Assuras still hasn’t done her biology homework on the limitations of the body mass index (BMI). In a weekend “Evening News” story on a...
View ArticlePost's Givhan Continues Complaint about Skinny Models
ByKen Shepherd Two weeks ago, Washington Post fashion critic Robin Givhan suggested the fashion industry was exhibit A for why industry cannot regulate itself. She’s back at it again with a new...
View Article'American Morning' on Yo-Yo Diet of Obesity Hype
ByKen Shepherd Has CNN’s “American Morning” gotten its fill of the “obesity epidemic” hype? Maybe not, but on two separate occasions in the past few days, the program’s reporters have scoffed at...
View ArticleThe 'Consumer Group' That Doesn't Want You to Consume
ByJulia A. Seymour If it wouldn’t cause death, the Center for Science in the Public Interest would probably try to ban eating and drinking altogether. Despite the extreme positions of the...
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