WARNING: Phony Anti-Meat Doctors Getting Desperate For Publicity

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April 3, 2009 WARNING: Phony Anti-Meat Doctors Getting Desperate For Publicity This morning, a Washington Post blogger gave fear-mongering vegans at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) some long-overdue advice: "Lighten up!" Taking a page from their close friends at PETA, PCRM caught the attention of a major newswire this week with a publicity stunt involving a novelty cheeseburger at a minor-league baseball stadium in Michigan. The four-pound monster burger, said PCRM's Susan Levin, shouldn't be sold without a "dietary disaster" warning label. Because no one knows that eating 4,800-calorie burgers isn't a healthy habit. Right. The Post's Jennifer Huget was not impressed: Give me a break.   I've got to think that PCRM has got bigger fish to fry…   Of course nobody's suggesting that monster burgers become a dietary mainstay. But this is clearly a prank, a silly attention-getting device. To suggest that it's likely to encourage widespread overindulgence in hypercaloric ground beef sandwiches is, I think, disingenuous. Seems health advocacy groups, like minor-league ball teams, sometimes need a bit of publicity.   I don't want to eat a big burger myself. But I defend other people's right to cram one in their face if they so choose. PCRM looks silly indeed for ignoring the fact that Michigan's minor-league fans are probably in on the joke with this gigantic burger. (For crying out loud, the thing has its own t-shirt.) But Huget slightly misses the mark on one point: To PCRM, there are no bigger fish than getting Americans to stop eating meat. One shameless food scare, phony medical claim, and meaningless warning label at a time. Breaking News Here's a sampling of other stories that have caught our interest today. To see a one-week archive of these items, click here. Friday fun link: Happy birthday (maybe) to the ice cream sundae Letter writer says fight child obesity the old-fashioned way: Walk to school Oped: 'Satfat' education campaign is counterproductive Copyright © 2009 Center for Consumer Freedom. All Rights Reserved. P.O. Box 34557 | Washington, DC 20043 | Tel: 202-463-7112 | info@consumerfreedom.com

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