Fast Food Kills!

Published on Thursday, September 16, 2010, by Joyce Slaton / Edit Post

So says the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a nonprofit that operates much in the mold of the Center for Science in the Public Interest. In this commercial, set to air in DC during the Daily Show on September 16, the PCRM urges, "Tonight, make it vegetarian." Well, I'm certainly not in the mood for a Big Mac after this.

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  • Less than 5% of PCRM's members are physicians, and the AMA has distanced themselves from the organization. While not a "front group," PETA has donated over 1 million dollars and the majority of their funding comes from the Animal Rights Foundation.

  • PCRM is actually an association of physicians--not a front group for PETA or anyone else. They use actual science and cite actual studies. They're one of the very few organizations of medical professionals who publicly recognize that diet has a huge impact on health.

    That said, I would have liked to have seen at least one statistic in this commercial--without citing any facts, the commercial...+READ

    PCRM is actually an association of physicians--not a front group for PETA or anyone else. They use actual science and cite actual studies. They're one of the very few organizations of medical professionals who publicly recognize that diet has a huge impact on health.

    That said, I would have liked to have seen at least one statistic in this commercial--without citing any facts, the commercial smacks a little too much of vegetarian fanaticism. Which I like, but I recognize that most don't . . .-COLLAPSE

  • These folks are quacks. I remember reading something about how they're a front group for PETA or something like that. They used to run ads in the DC METRO using pseudo-scientific scare quotes and overblowing the risks of this food or that drink. It was always the same: Meat/Salt/Sugar WILL KILL YOU!!!! Not long after, an opposition group started running response ads that parodied them. They were...+READ

    These folks are quacks. I remember reading something about how they're a front group for PETA or something like that. They used to run ads in the DC METRO using pseudo-scientific scare quotes and overblowing the risks of this food or that drink. It was always the same: Meat/Salt/Sugar WILL KILL YOU!!!! Not long after, an opposition group started running response ads that parodied them. They were routinely ripped down and defaced by the minions of the food police. Really open-minded group, them.-COLLAPSE