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FDA cracks down on food porn
The Daily Redundancy ^
Posted on 06/16/2009 11:59:56 AM PDT by chordmaster
WASHINGTON, DC - The Food and Drug Administration unveiled tough new guidelines today designed to regulate certain provocative food advertisements and programming, widely known in the industry as 'food porn'. The new regulations apply to all print, broadcast and cable media, and are to be in effect by August 1st. Supporters of the regulations say the new guidelines are needed to fight the obesity epidemic, and claim that advertisers and network executives have shamelessly exploited food for long enough.
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TOPICS: Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: foodporn; gluttony; humorimpaired; nannystate; satire
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To: Slings and Arrows; Revolting cat!
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06/16/2009 12:02:03 PM PDT
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a fool in paradise
(There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
To: chordmaster; All
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06/16/2009 12:02:17 PM PDT
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KevinDavis
(Can't Stop the Signal!)
To: chordmaster
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06/16/2009 12:02:53 PM PDT
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cranked
To: chordmaster
Will this include fast food advertisements??
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06/16/2009 12:02:54 PM PDT
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handy old one
(It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. Aristote)
To: chordmaster
Sad thing is I almost believe some of these satire stories when I scan the headlines now, nothing surprises me any more.
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06/16/2009 12:03:29 PM PDT
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Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: chordmaster
101 things to do with a kiełbasa, tonight on The Food Network:After Dark.
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06/16/2009 12:04:13 PM PDT
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KarlInOhio
(Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, Chrysler and GM are what Marx meant by the means of production.)
To: a fool in paradise
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06/16/2009 12:05:00 PM PDT
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cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: chordmaster
Don’t laugh, it IS coming.
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06/16/2009 12:05:21 PM PDT
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SandWMan
(Even if you can't legislate morality, you can legislate morally.)
To: handy old one
Most certainly:
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06/16/2009 12:05:35 PM PDT
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a fool in paradise
(There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
To: chordmaster
“Anita Manbadd” oh I’m sure she’s real. LOL
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06/16/2009 12:05:42 PM PDT
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mkjessup
(Jimmy Carter is the Skidmark in the panties of American history, 0bama is the yellow stain in front.)
To: cripplecreek
Martha will do anything for a laugh.
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06/16/2009 12:07:12 PM PDT
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Rome2000
(Peace is not an option)
To: Abathar
They’ve already mandated what type of newsprint and the type of periodicals that tobacco ads can appear in and even what sort of characters can even be used to advertised cigarettes.
The precedence has been established.
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06/16/2009 12:07:15 PM PDT
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a fool in paradise
(There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
To: chordmaster
To: chordmaster
I prefer
Food Channel porn:
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06/16/2009 12:07:39 PM PDT
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andy58-in-nh
(You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.)
To: Rome2000
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06/16/2009 12:07:52 PM PDT
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cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: chordmaster
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06/16/2009 12:07:53 PM PDT
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Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: chordmaster; toldyou; Monkey Face; Shimmer1
Keep you hands off my chocolate...
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06/16/2009 12:07:57 PM PDT
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null and void
(We are now in day 148 of our national holiday from reality.)
To: chordmaster
“In the real world, nothing tastes that good.”
Except for pasta. Don’t even care what the sauce is. Pasta rocks.
To: chordmaster
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06/16/2009 12:08:16 PM PDT
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netmilsmom
(Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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