Food Police Run Out Of Things To Say; Repeat Story From 1992

[MrMon]

Of course the media slavishly reprint every press release from the Food Police, but even this story acknowledges it's a repeat from 15 years ago.

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How is this story any different from the one they released 15 years ago? Why is this news? If someone can pull up the original story from 1992, it's going to say exactly the same thing. To me, this is irresponsible journalism. CSPI is free to rerelease old news wrapped in new packaging, but the media also has a job to say - been there, done that.

Exactly how lazy is the press? The older I get, the more I realize that, with rare exception, they are among the laziest, most irresponsible profession around, who simply report what's handed them, regardless of their political persuasion. (I've done it myself, by pointing them to stories I want to see printed. If they were on the ball, they would have known about the story, but had to have it handed to them or they would have missed it.) It's no wonder the people don't trust them any more, people rate politicians higher than journalists.

Anyone here have any stories about manipulating the media? With all the experience people have, certainly some of you made the 5th estate dance to your tune.