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Eric Schlosser
American
Journalist
Born:
Aug 17
,
1959
Been
Contaminated
Food
People
Think
You
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Fast food is popular because it's convenient, it's cheap, and it tastes good. But the real cost of eating fast food never appears on the menu.
Eric Schlosser
Good
Food
Eating
Cost
Menu
Never
Cheap
Because
Real
Tastes
Convenient
Popular
Appears
Fast
Fast Food
One might expect that the families of murder victims would be showered with sympathy and support, embraced by their communities. But in reality they are far more likely to feel isolated, fearful, and ashamed, overwhelmed by grief and guilt, angry at the criminal-justice system, and shunned by their old friends.
Eric Schlosser
Angry
Grief
Reality
Old
Guilt
Old Friends
Sympathy
System
Would
Would-Be
Embraced
Fearful
More
Support
Feel
Likely
Isolated
Friends
Expect
Families
Overwhelmed
Victims
Ashamed
Might
Far
Communities
Shunned
Different people, in good faith, can look at the same fact and interpret it differently. But that's where an interesting conversation begins.
Eric Schlosser
Faith
Good
Conversation
People
Fact
Look
Begins
Same
Where
Different
Interesting
Different People
Good Faith
Differently
Interpret
Hey, I used to eat at McDonald's: I liked the taste of the food, especially the French fries.
Eric Schlosser
Food
Hey
Eat
Liked
French
French Fries
Fries
Taste
McDonald
Used
Like Hollywood movies, MTV and blue jeans, fast food has become one of America's major cultural exports.
Eric Schlosser
Food
Become
Major
Like
Cultural
America
Blue
Blue Jeans
Movies
Hollywood
Hollywood Movies
Jeans
Exports
Fast
Fast Food
The fast-food industry is in very good company with the lead industry and the tobacco industry in how it tries to mislead the public, and how aggressively it goes after anybody who criticizes its business practices.
Eric Schlosser
Good
Business
Tries
Criticizes
Lead
Mislead
Industry
Practices
How
Very
Goes
Anybody
After
Public
Tobacco
Who
Good Company
Company
I really like hamburgers and French fries, and I don't consider myself some kind of gourmand.
Eric Schlosser
Myself
Consider
Kind
Some
Like
French
French Fries
Hamburgers
Fries
Really
Yes, a cheeseburger and fries is probably my favourite meal. But I don't eat ground beef anymore.
Eric Schlosser
Meal
Favourite
Eat
Cheeseburger
Beef
Yes
Fries
Anymore
Ground
As a matter of fact, most cases of food poisoning are never linked back to their source.
Eric Schlosser
Food
Matter
Back
Cases
Fact
Never
Poisoning
Most
Source
Linked
The importance of recalls is to show that contaminated meat is getting out the door. And when you look at these recalls, in many ways the most disturbing thing about these recalls is how little of the meat actually winds up back at the plant.
Eric Schlosser
You
Plant
Back
Ways
Out
Disturbing
About
Winds
Contaminated
Importance
Look
Most
How
Up
Getting
Door
Little
Show
Meat
Many
Actually
Thing
Very few people realize that the U.S. government does not have the power to order the recall of contaminated meat.
Eric Schlosser
Government
People
Power
Few
Contaminated
Does
Very
Few People
Order
Realize
Meat
Recall
By the way, I'm not a vegetarian. I have a lot of respect for people who are vegetarian for religious or ethical reasons.
Eric Schlosser
Respect
People
Way
Religious
Vegetarian
Lot
Ethical
Who
Reasons
McDonald's has been extraordinary at site selection; it was a pioneer in studying the best places for retail locations. One of the things it did is study very carefully where sprawl was headed.
Eric Schlosser
Best
Carefully
Extraordinary
Locations
Has-Been
One Of The Things
Retail
Selection
Study
Headed
Studying
Been
Very
Pioneer
Did
Site
Where
McDonald
Places
Things
Even academic elites are drawn to the figure of the murderer, which has long been a focus of attention for psychiatrists, sociologists, and criminologists.
Eric Schlosser
Focus
Long
Drawn
Attention
Academic
Been
Psychiatrists
Which
Figure
Even
Elites
I try to persuade people to act in ways that are not only in their own interest, but in the interest of society at large.
Eric Schlosser
People
Try
Own
Society
Ways
Only
Interest
Persuade
Act
Large
I'd been eating fast food all my life without thinking about it. And the more I learned about the subject, the more intrigued I became.
Eric Schlosser
Life
Food
My Life
Thinking
All My Life
Intrigued
Eating
About
More
Learned
Became
Without
Been
Subject
Fast
Fast Food
I'm all in favor of animal rights, but I'd like to see the food movement take a much stronger stand in defense of basic human rights. If you're a vegan or a vegetarian, you should care about the people who are picking your fruits and vegetables by hand.
Eric Schlosser
Food
You
Rights
Animal
People
Vegetables
Care
Stronger
Vegan
Human Rights
Defense
Favor
See
About
Animal Rights
Take
Vegetarian
Picking
Like
Hand
Human
Movement
Fruits
Much
Should
Stand
Your
Who
Basic
Basic Human Rights
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