CBS's Jihad on Java

Business & Media Institute ^ | June 21, 2006 | Ken Shepherd

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The kids aren’t alright. An epidemic is sweeping the nation as teenagers down the addictive brew by the pint. Underage alcohol consumption? No, coffee.

As anti-food industry advocacy groups like Center for Science in the Public Interest sharpen their legal knives against Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX), the media are brewing up alarmist reports on teenage caffeine consumption.

CBS’s “Early Show” followed ABC’s lead from two days ago. That network’s June 19 edition of “Good Morning America” presented Starbucks like a drug pusher preying on young addicts.

“Coffee has always been considered an adult drink, but today coffee drinkers are much, much younger,” noted CBS’s Julie Chen as she introduced the story on the June 21 “Early Show.” But “many teens are making coffee a daily ritual, and that’s raising concern among health experts,” the morning show co-anchor warned as she introduced a story by correspondent Susan McGinnis.

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[tet68]

Um, you're sort of crossing the line here but maybe the
mods can set you straight.

[dfwgator]

"I need coffee!"

[gracie1]

“Coffee has always been considered an adult drink, but today coffee drinkers are much, much younger,”

I've been drinking coffee since i was about 5 or 6.