Posted on 11/10/2014 8:08:23 AM PST by PROCON
On Monday, ABCs Good Morning America provided First Lady Michelle Obamas school lunch program, entitled the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, with some free publicity.
Co-host George Stephanopoulos touted how new federal guidelines pushed by the First Lady have cafeterias serving up healthier foods. And a new study finds those lunches may be better than the ones parents pack for their kids.The ABC co-host then turned to contributor Claire Shipman, wife of former White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, to further promote the studys findings:
School cafeteria lunches. For years, they've been the butt of jokes. But this morning a new study suggests they may actually be healthier than those good old brown bag lunches prepared at home.
Shipman never mentioned that the study received a $3.7 million grant from the USDAs National Institute of Food and Agriculture, which runs Michelle Obamas healthy food initiative. Instead of reporting on this detail, the ABC correspondent eagerly played up the supposed unbiased results of the study:
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Hunger free? That’s a joke, she wants them starved with miniscule portions....children do not need calorie restricted diets, they need healthy food - not junk food. Those who cater to the wench are fools. Didn’t they just witness the same election we did?
Sidwell Friends School (where her daughters go)
November 19, 2014
MS/US
Thanksgiving Feast
Butternut Squash & Celeriac Soup
Cranberry & Local Pear Salad
Arugula, Radicchio with
Oranges & Goat Cheese
Roasted Breast of Turkey
Herb Pan Gravy
Mediterranean Ragout
Roasted Brussels Sprouts
Mashed Potatoes
Special Dessert
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November 20, 2014
MS/US
Lentil Soup
Sweet Wheatberry Salad
Beef & Gorgonzola Salad
All Natural Beef Hot Dogs
Brats & Kraut
Vegetarian Dog
Squash Gratin
Baked Organic French Fries
Clementines
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