PETA’s New Low
(March 19th, 2004)
"This is a sickening trivialization of the suffering of Holocaust victims," said an elderly Holocaust survivor. "It is disgusting that people would stoop so low as to use the Holocaust as an advertising gimmick." Such is the reaction to People for the Ethical Treatment of...
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PETA Wants Constitutional Amendment For Fish
(March 18th, 2004)
Sorry, crustaceans and reptiles. You didn't make People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' list of animals that deserve protection under their proposed constitutional amendment, which declares "all mammals, birds, and fish will, henceforth, be defined as 'persons' in the eyes of the law." Of...
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Menu Labeling Advocates Want Control, Not Information
(March 17th, 2004)
Working in tandem with Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson, whose press conference last week renewed the prevailing bombast over our so-called "epidemic" of obesity, the Food and Drug Administration has announced plans to "encourage" restaurants to add calorie labels to menus and menu-boards....
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Memo To PETA: Set Your TiVo
(March 16th, 2004)
The Showtime cable network program "Penn & Teller: Bullsh*t" will begin its second season next month with a devastating and hilarious 30-minute expose of the animal rights movement, focusing on People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The Center for Consumer Freedom...
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ActivistCash Gets A Facelift
(March 16th, 2004)
Today the Center for Consumer Freedom is proud to unveil a new and improved interface for our award-winning ActivistCash.com website. ActivistCash is in its third year of profiling shadowy activist groups that use junk science, intimidation tactics, and even threats of violence to push their radical food...
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UK: Yes To Biotech, No To Scaremongers
(March 15th, 2004)
In Sunday's London Times, genetics expert Charles Pasternak praises Britain's decision to allow commercial farming of genetically enhanced corn. "For once the government has got it right," he writes. "In sanctioning the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) maize, it is allowing fact finally...
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‘Super Size Me’ Is Just Another Sick Reality Show
(March 12th, 2004)
Documentary films may have their own Oscar category, but they rarely appear in mainstream theaters. Still, ''Super Size Me'' -- which earned Morgan Spurlock the nod for best documentary director at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival -- is coming soon to a theater near you. What makes ''Super Size...
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Super Sized Spin
(March 12th, 2004)
In today's Chicago Sun-Times, the Center for Consumer Freedom exposes a documentary that is "not a documentary at all." Morgan Spurlock's much-talked-about "Super Size Me," which will soon be released in theatres, represents an extreme departure from reality. This "video diary" aims to solve the...
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Victory For Personal Responsibility Has Trial Lawyers In A Tizzy
(March 11th, 2004)
Taking to the airwaves, the Center for Consumer Freedom went after angry trial lawyers, who were all in a tizzy over the "Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act," which overwhelmingly passed the U.S. House of Representatives, 276-139. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Ric Keller...
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Pass the Cheeseburger Bill, Hold the Lawsuits
(March 10th, 2004)
Washington, DC – Responding to an overwhelming majority of Americans who oppose holding restaurants legally liable for obesity, the U.S. House of Representatives is poised to vote today on the Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act—dubbed the "Cheeseburger Bill" by some. The bill protects restaurants and food service companies...
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