Doppel, this is an example of an issue with the right's public policy views.
It's one thing for 'the science to be established' that there is too much sugar.
It's quite another for the public policy issue of too many children eating too much sugary cereal causing big problems to be affected by 'education campaigns' and such.
It's a little like science saying tobacco is bad for you in the 1950's (?) but it taking decades for 'education campaigns' and other measures to reduces smoking much.
When there's an anti-smoking ad campaign you might say 'we've known that a long time', but that doesn't help that much - the campaign might save lives.
The ads on the boob tube keep the kids just bugg'n their parents. Hell, I remember buggn' the crap out of my parents for Sugar Frosted Flakes - They're Greaaat! With Tony the Tiger and all that crap. My parents would just give me corn flakes and when they turned their bad I'd throw a teaspoon or 2 more on my corn flakes. Voila, Sugar Frosted Flakes!
Forget the marketing BS. The reason cereal is popular is because kids can pour their own bowl so parents don't have to cook anything for breakfast. If cereal took as long to prepare as eggs and bacon no one would eat it.
It's funny that many conservatives complain about expensive research but then refuse to believe scientific consensus about evolution or global warming.
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Do you see how diluted you people are? I mean really.. Left wing/Right wing about this? Really? This has NOTHING to do with politics, but you guys can't help yourselves.
Hey look a puppy commercial.. "Must be those damned Republicans"
Hey listen to this song, "Those liberals will go to any length to push this trash on my kids"
It's really the reason we are in this mess.. You guys can't see a ball bouncing down the road without throwing your political spin on it.
So.. How will we ever get back to a time when Journalism is just what it was supposed to be, the facts without promoting an agenda? When will we be able to find some middle ground? Never? If never then why not just have at it and find out who the victor is...That way we can get this crap over with.