Press Releases (page 34)

Your Kids, PETA’s Pawns

Washington, DC – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) targets children as young as six years old for indoctrination with violent and graphic propaganda, according to a new…
Posted August 19, 2004 at 12:00 am

Oblimpians???

Washington, DC – USA Olympians represent the nation’s finest. So how can they also represent the nation’s fattest? Despite their physical superiority, the U.S. government considers a lengthy list…
Posted August 16, 2004 at 12:00 am

I, Robot or I, Rotund???

Summer’s blockbuster movie season is here, and while you might think that I, Robot star Will Smith (6’2″, 210 lbs) is movie-star-fit, the flawed Body Mass Index (BMI) standard says…
Posted July 16, 2004 at 12:00 am

Obesity Is Not A Disease

Hysteria over obesity — largely driven by an industry looking for a massive payday — has led the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to open the door for…
Posted July 16, 2004 at 12:00 am

Hypocrisy In Science

Through its “Integrity in Science Project,” the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) questions the credibility of researchers who receive funding from corporations. But much of the research…
Posted July 12, 2004 at 12:00 am

Is Obesity an Epidemic?

Washington, DC – As ABC News and Time magazine convene a major gathering this week to discuss the nation’s expanding waistline, rhetoric about the “obesity epidemic” has itself reached epidemic…
Posted June 3, 2004 at 12:00 am

Atkins lawsuit pushed by meat hating animal rights radicals

Washington, DC — The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), the organization promoting today’s lawsuit against the estate of the late Dr. Robert Atkins, has an undeniable animal-rights motive…
Posted May 27, 2004 at 12:00 am

Animal Rights Terrorism Arrests Tied To ‘Mainstream’ Animal Charities

Washington, DC — Seven leaders of the violent animal rights group SHAC (Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty) were taken into custody this morning. A five-count federal indictment accuses SHAC’s leaders…
Posted May 26, 2004 at 12:00 am

Advertising Wars in the Washington Post: Anti-Fish Ad Blasted

Washington, DC – Last week, Washington Post readers were exposed to old line bait and switch. The misnamed Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) ran an ad designed to scare…
Posted May 24, 2004 at 12:00 am

US Senate Judiciary Committe Zeroes in on Animal Rights Terrorism

Washington, DC—Tax-exempt animal rights charities like People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and its medical front group the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) have an undeniable hand…
Posted May 20, 2004 at 12:00 am