Eric Schlosser
Eric Schlosser
Eric Matthew Schlosseris an American journalist and author known for investigative journalism, such as in his books Fast Food Nation, Reefer Madness, and Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth17 August 1959
CountryUnited States of America
attitude technology thinking
Future historians, I hope, will consider the American fast food industry a relic of the twentieth century--a set of attitudes, systems, and beliefs that emerged from postwar southern California, that embodied its limitless faith in technology, that quickly spread across the globe, flourished briefly, and then receded, once its true costs became clear and its thinking became obsolete.
food practice trying
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.
mcdonalds ethos circles
The life's work of Walt Disney and Ray Kroc had come full-circle, uniting in perfect synergy. McDonald's began to sell its hamburgers and french fries at Disney's theme parks. The ethos of McDonaldland and of Disneyland, never far apart, have finally become one. Now you can buy a Happy Meal at the Happiest Place on Earth.
way eating
We can have Americans eating affordably and eating in a way that's sustainable.
matter facts cases
As a matter of fact, most cases of food poisoning are never linked back to their source.
interesting-conversation people looks
Different people, in good faith, can look at the same fact and interpret it differently. But thats where an interesting conversation begins.
children people marketing
Fast food chains spend a large amount of marketing to get the attention of children. People form their eating habits as children so they try to nurture clients as youngsters.
secret important wish
If the market does indeed embody the sum of all human wishes, then the secret ones are just as important as the ones that are openly displayed,
christian golden arches
The Golden Arches are now more widely recognized than the Christian cross.
cain united-states murder
The fear of murder has grown so enormous in the United States that it leaves a taint, like the mark of Cain, on everyone murder touches.
meals beef favourite
Yes, a cheeseburger and fries is probably my favourite meal. But I don't eat ground beef anymore.
want might eating
The industry doesn’t want you to know the truth about what you’re eating, because if you knew, you might not want to eat it,
writing views trying
Point of view is present in anything I write, but I really try to let the subject and facts speak for themselves.
running men hamburgers
The executives who run the fast food industry are not bad men. They are businessmen. They will sell free-range, organic, grass-fed hamburgers if you demand it. They will sell whatever sells at a profit.