View unanswered posts | View active topics

Page 1 of 1

[ 3 posts ]

Previous topic | Next topic

Author	Message
Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Monopoly Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2002 7:47 am
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	McDonald's, the world's largest fast-food chain, announced yesterday that it will soon start frying its foods in a different oil that will significantly reduce the most harmful type of fat in its menu. "McDonald's clearly hopes the change in oils will help them sell more french fries, but the move is also a good thing," said Margo Wootan of the Center for Science in the Public Interest. ... "If Americans continue eating french fries at the same rate after the new oil arrives, then there will be a definite reduction in the number of blocked arteries and deaths from heart disease as a result." (Washington Post)<p>***Because, as we all know, Americans eat only McDonald's french fries.***
Top

Finn DeSiecle	Post subject: Re: Monopoly Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2002 2:58 pm
Joined: Mon Apr 29, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 76 Location: NJ	"McDonald's clearly hopes the change in oils will help them sell more french fries, but the move is also a good thing." <p>Not to sound unduly right-wing here, but why does the "Center for Science in the Public Interest" always seem to be sending the signal that large companies are evil for wanting to sell any products that aren't organic veggies? I'm no fan of modern big-business practices in general, but the CSPI gets ridiculous. If its true concern were about what we consume, it'd be going after cooking-oil manufacturers, considering that there are probably about a million non-chain restaurants out there whose fried products are no "healthier" (and probably less so) than McD's.<p>Sorry to rant; just seems to me that anymore, every story that quotes the CSPI makes me wince. Maybe AP should apply its style on labeling groups ("the liberal-leaning Brookings Institution," "the libertarian Cato Institute") here too: "the CSPI, an alarmist, anti-business nanny group..." (But hey, I'm evil too. I even SMOKE! :eek: )
Top

Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Re: Monopoly Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2002 3:59 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	There was no reason to call that organization for "comment." Likewise, there is no reason to call the NRA every time you do a story on gun control, or the Right-to-Life Committee and NARAL every time you do one on abortion. Such "comments" rarely add anything of value and are included only to satisfy someone's childish idea of "balance."
Top

Display posts from previous: All posts1 day7 days2 weeks1 month3 months6 months1 year Sort by AuthorPost timeSubject AscendingDescending  Previous topic | Next topic

Page 1 of 1

[ 3 posts ]

What They're Saying

"This is like group therapy with prisoners in the Poynter Institute's dungeon." ... "You take a vocation that the simple-minded consider to be mere drudgery, and you exploit every bit of fascinating and humorous nuance imaginable." ... "Delicious" ... "Ask your professors? The only professors whose opinions matter are named Walsh, Blanchard and McIntyre." ... "What I come here for, I can find ONLY here. Phillip, you've built a great place." ... "Nothing gets us hotter than reading bitchy discussion threads from over-exhausted copy editors endlessly debating the merits of "theater" versus "theatre." ... "I love this site. It's better than the Kool-Aid acid tests." ..."I'm awed at the efficiency with which matters of opinion get hashed out in this forum." ... "Phil is the bomb!" ... "I'd wager that it's exactly your sort of hidebound thinking that contributes to the problems newspapers are having attracting readers." ... "I'm totally obsessed with this site. It's like porn--if you get off on Scrabble." ... "It reveals the backstage carping and vindictive emotions that roil the souls of those trapped at the copy desks." "When they say "testy," they certainly mean it. Whether it's reporters, editors, or the general public, no one is above their savage snark." ... "An apparent crack in the thin grey line." ..."Testy Copy Editors is a bitchboard for journalism's underclass." ... "My desire to read 'Testy Copy Editors' is only rivalled by my desire to pop "Constipated Call Girls" in the DVD player." ... "Phillip Blanchard is not just a testy copy editor, but a prophet scorned in his own time, and those of us who defend wordplay will be punished for it come the Judgment Day." ... "Phil Blanchard is as dashing in person as he is at the TCE board." ... "As far as writing and editing go: Read this board, read Bill Walsh, memorize the style book, read William Zinsser, and read the New York Times. That's a good start." ... "You should let go of your bitterness. You were not the oppressed talent you thought yourself to be. You were a miserable, brooding, silent, joyless grind, lucky to have a job at the Sun-Times, and we're lucky now that you've moved on to afflict others."

Useful Links

Our 2003 ACES Handout
Our 2004 ACES Handout
Our 2005 ACES Handout
Our 2006 ACES Handout
Our 2009 ACES Handout
The Slot (Bill Walsh)
HeadsUp: The Blog
John McIntyre
Regret the Error
Banned for Life

TCE RSS Feed