Food Politics

Hawking Hydration Low: Gatorade Tells Kids To Avoid Water

January 10, 2014 by Amy Jussel 2 Comments

Aug. 20, 2015 Update: Now Gatorade's G-Force is forcing their bottled neon into schools under the guise of 'hydration education?' Seriously? Paging media watchdogs! Crickets. Jan. 10, 2014 I’ve … [Read more...]

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Fed Up With Food Marketing to Kids? Nosh On Food MythBusters Film

September 21, 2013 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Sept. 21, 2013 Tired of the $2 billion/year endless barrage of hard sell food advertising hawking toxic crud to children to turn them into life long consumers? You’re about to get some ammo in the … [Read more...]

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Fast Forward Health Film Fest Oct 30, Celebrate Food Day 2012

October 24, 2012 by Amy Jussel 1 Comment

Oct 24, 2012 Food Day 2012! “I don’t need any finger-wagging salad munchers scolding me about junk food” ---no worries, not happening. But if you'd like to be more informed about the reason for … [Read more...]

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Food Inc. Review: Will Kids Be Hungry For Change?

July 22, 2009 by Amy Jussel 6 Comments

July 22, 2009 Food, Inc. is making the rounds in art house theaters throughout the nation, and though I have yet to see it (going in Palo Alto soon!) we have Amy Vachon of Equally Shared Parenting … [Read more...]

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Starbucks Filters In Feedback For Healthier Choices

July 2, 2009 by Amy Jussel 2 Comments

July 2, 2009 Back to part three in our series on healthGAMERS in a jiff…but first, a quick coffee break, with some health news you can use. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, Starbucks' ubiquitous media and … [Read more...]

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HFCS Corn Wars: A Surprise That’s Far from Sweet

September 8, 2008 by Amy Jussel 13 Comments

“Mom, go to SweetSurprise.com right now!” yelled my daughter in an urgent commando bark. Before I could even protest her lousy timing, I got a “NOW! I’m not kidding! GO! … [Read more...]

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26 Nov

Univision anchor Jorge Ramos says his network’s friendly interview with Trump, “put in doubt the independence of our news department.”

"We cannot... offer Trump an open microphone to broadcast his falsehoods and conspiracy theories."

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16 Nov

Out today! A driver's manual for staying sane on the internet. @holden

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Avatar Amy Jussel @shapingyouth ·

16 Nov

As @jayrosen_nyu so clearly states, it's "not the odds, but the stakes"...Media and #journo can convey context without partisan pandering, clearly citing facts on autocracy objectively...@Sulliview is right, the public deserves to be informed. #NewsLiteracy #democracy

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16 Nov

Dangerous 🆘📢to see this, given they've once AGAIN just enabled their platform to post lies claiming a rigged election when it was not! This is how democracies are overthrown with #misinformation Have media learned nothing? #Journo pay attention! WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/tech/meta-allows-ads-claiming-rigged-2020-election-on-facebook-instagram-309b678d?mod=e2tw

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