Food Police Group Bashes Restaurants, CBS Eats it Up

julia.seymour — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:27:50 +0000

Network website runs CSPI report including accusation and calls for regulation.

Mike Ciandella

CBSNews.com promoted a restaurant attack by the pro-regulatory food police group the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) Jan. 16, without noting the agenda of the group or providing other points of view.

The 'Consumer Group' That Doesn't Want You to Consume

admin — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:57:10 +0000

Julia A. Seymour

If it wouldn’t cause death, the Center for Science in the Public Interest would probably try to ban eating and drinking altogether.

Despite the extreme positions of the left-wing group, the media continue to swallow its rhetoric.

“Well, good, they should put the numbers on the menu too,” an unsatisfied Soledad O’Brien said after a February 26 CNN “American Morning” segment featured CSPI’s attack on casual dining restaurants Ruby Tuesday and UNO Chicago Grill to mandate menu labeling.

Networks Eat Up More Restaurant Mandates

admin — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:19:47 +0000

Julia A. Seymour

If you ordered a “Colossal Burger,” pizza skins, fried mozzarella, or a pasta dish laden with a cream sauce and Wisconsin cheese, wouldn’t you know the food will be high in calories and fat?

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) doesn’t think that’s enough so they are pushing for federally mandated nutrition information on restaurant menus. ABC’s “World News with Charles Gibson” and the CBS “Evening News” ate it up on February 26.