It’s been a busy week here at the Center for Consumer Freedom. We’ve been smashing scare stories about meat and the environment. We’ve been pointing out “organic” hypocrisy. And we’ve been calling out the dirty secret of People for the … Continue reading →

The misnamed Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (less than 10 percent of its members are physicians) wants you to worry about your chicken. Actually, PCRM doesn’t want you to eat chicken at all. So it’s no surprise to see a … Continue reading →

With the makers of boneless lean beef trimmings – pejoratively tarred as “pink slime”— suspending operations at three of their four plants, the activists’ whirlwind campaign against hamburger meat may soon finish. The probable result of all the hoopla will … Continue reading →

As we wrote recently at The Daily Caller, the latest study finding a link between red meat and mortality has flaws. Notably, the data requires participants to remember meals they ate months before. Walter Willett, a Harvard researcher behind the new … Continue reading →

You might remember that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (the ones they don’t kill, anyway) recently sued Sea World, claiming that the park’s famous performing whales were actually slaves. The Daily Show’s Wyatt Cenac made fun of PETA … Continue reading →

By: J. Justin Wilson Newspaper: Chicago Tribune The juvenile billboard from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine claiming that hot dogs cause “butt cancer” is another eye-rolling stunt from an animal rights group. The real pain in the rear is … Continue reading →

Last week, researchers released a study that showed an association between mortality and the consumption of red and processed meat based on two surveys of healthcare professionals. As our executive director writes at The Daily Caller today, that result is … Continue reading →

The current foodie movement villain of the week is ground beef, specifically boneless lean beef trimmings (which they call “pink slime”). What are boneless lean beef trimmings? Well, they’re beef, removed from the bones of a cow using a machine … Continue reading →

The bacon- and cheese-hating vegan scolds at the misnamed Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (only ten percent of its members are M.D.s) are back to their old billboard-erecting tricks. According to the Chicago Tribune, drivers on the Windy City’s Eisenhower … Continue reading →

In November, this Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) billboard greeted Iowans near Des Moines in anticipation of the annual Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival this month. The Wall Street Journal reports that these “vegetarian doctors” plan to hand out pamphlets at the festival with warnings about how “bacon … Continue reading →