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Editorials Spread Center For Consumer Freedom’s Message

From deploring Kelly Brownell's fat tax to attacking CSPI's call for lawsuits against restaurants, two recent editorials in Charleston's Post and Courier and the Cincinnati Enquirer apparently draw upon Consumer Freedom research to take on the food police. ("The calorie cops demand a Twinkie tax," The Cincinnati Enquirer, 2/26/00.)
Posted February 28, 2000 at 12:00 am

Wallowing In Misguided Notions

The eco-nannies at Earth Island Institute weigh in on the "Fat Epidemic." They suggest that fast-food restaurants' marketing to children is to blame and they practically endorse the infamous "Twinkie tax."
Posted February 8, 2000 at 12:00 am

War On Fat

In an unprecedented one-two punch, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and the American Obesity Association (AOA) simultaneously launched an all-out war against obesity in America. In their…
Posted October 1, 1999 at 12:00 am

Falling for the Swordfish Campaign: Hook Lie and Sinker

Remember the ALAR-on-Apples Scare of 1989? If the group that ignited that hoax asked you to convince your customers to order less shrimp, flounder and red snapper, you’d probably tell…
Posted April 1, 1999 at 12:00 am

CSPI’s Next Target: You

“I’m not ruining foods. The foods are being ruined by restaurants.” – CSPI founder Michael Jacobson Just five years after launching its first attack on…
Posted August 1, 1998 at 12:00 am