Media Manipulation by McDonald's

From the SuperSizeMe Board

Published on October 17, 2004 By RonaldMcDonald In Business

Media Manipulated by McDonalds JoeMaggard Oct 16, 01:48 PM [ Reply ]
Less than 2 weeks ago, over 100 people were sickened by catching staph from eating at McDonald's in Ohio. Many of these folks had to be hospitalized. Yet, the only media attention this received was from the local press and it was short lived. McDonald's once again proves they have the power to influence what the public hears and reads. By holding this $1.4 Billion sword over the media's head, McDonald's manipulates and controls the news media into killing stories that might paint them in a negative light. Doesn't the public deserve to know McDonald's is peddling McStaph? Would maybe some Mom in Texas think twice about that Happy Meal if she had known 100 people caught a germ(staph)from McDonald's that can kill you? Food for thought, Peace and Love...Joe
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re: Media Manipulated by McDon John Higgins Oct 16, 03:42 PM [ Reply ]
>>> Doesn't the public deserve to know McDonald's is
>>> peddling McStaph?

"peddling?" Is that really the choice of words you want to use here, joe? damn you are one bitter ex-clown.

>>> Yet, the only media attention this received
>>> was from the local press and it was short lived.

ummm... it only happened to Ohio people. It is not national news, my man. If it were, the blogosphere would have picked it up. Don't worry about corporations controlling the media. if a story is newsworthy, the blog world will run with it and keep it in the news (let me know if you need examples of this). Ohio people getting the sniffles from eating mcdonalds is NOT national news.

I'll bet you there were over 50 other cases of some kind of food poising in this country last week. settle down, JM... settle down.
re: Media Manipulated by McDon JoeMaggard Oct 16, 03:57 PM [ Reply ]
hiya John, who said I'm an ex? clown...as for bitter, never in a million years John. Maybe a better word would be dissappointed at the "real" McDonald's the public is never given the chance to see. Saddened at how shabby and awful McDonald's treats people. Discouraged at how McDonald's continues to exploit and target kids with McCrap that caused obesity, diabetes and heart disease. But bitter...not a chance John.....ATB Joe
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Comments

msladydeath

on Oct 17, 2004

Get over your self. Think about this for a minute, the Staph infection would be caused by one single employee, that probably didn't know he/she had it, or even been exposed to it. Do a little research on Staph infections. It is not the fault of McDonald's as a whole, but of a single employee, and the manager that didn't monitor the handwashing properly. If it had been an Ecoli outbreak, or the Ebola virus, it would be a totally different thing, the mass media would have picked it up in a heartbeat. And hospital treatment is standard for Staph, my daughter got a MRSA (resistant strain of Staph), from kissing a hospital patient. You don't see the Staph infection at your local hospital making headline news now do you. It is a common infection.

As far as McDonald's and other fast food making kids fat........ Parent! If you don't teach your kids the eating fast food all the time will make you fat, then its the fault of the parent, not the place serving the food. Think about it, and have a nugget happy meal with apple slices and a milk.

RonaldMcDonald

on Oct 17, 2004

actually the staph was in the ice cream machine...I appreciate your response to my post

msladydeath

on Oct 17, 2004

actually the staph was in the ice cream machine

I know, but there is still handwashing factor, be it in the take down, cleaning and sanitizing of the parts, puting it back together, filling the machine, or even that the crew did not clean it when it was supposed to be, or it could be the machine was faulty to start with, which would indicate the manufacture of the machine itself, and the company that makes those also supplied almost every fast food and eat in restraunt you could think of. But no matter what happened, it was not the fault of the corporation heads, it was however the fault of the managers and crew of the store since it was their error. It also could have happened anywhere, at any time, at any restraunt. I freind of mine got ecoli from an ice cream machine at Wendy's several years ago, it never even made the paper, anywhere.

I'm not meaning to argue this at all, I just want to show another side. Thank you from a long time insider.

RonaldMcDonald

on Oct 17, 2004

Mslady, no, i appreciate you taking the time to voice your thoughts. Just curious, a long time insider at what?

msladydeath

on Oct 17, 2004

12 yrs fast food, 4 yrs at the management level, and raised in it, I have never known anything but the fast food industry.

RonaldMcDonald

on Oct 19, 2004

well i appreciate an informed opinion, thanks

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