Posts Tagged ‘mass media’

Tess Holliday: Public Health Threat

September 4, 2018 — UK Journalist Piers Morgan is concerned about Tess Holliday. Apparently, he sees her as a public health threat. He wrote on Instagram: As Britain battles an ever-worsening obesity crisis, this is the new cover of Cosmo. Apparently we’re supposed to view it as a “huge step forward for body positivity.” What a load of old […]

Reaching Out with Insults: Bad Idea

July 13, 2015 — Could it be that obesity entertainment television is losing favor? Ask the former employee of a production company who was fired for reaching out with insults to the town of Huntington, WV. In fairness, she was arguably just really getting into her job — recruiting people for a reality TV show about people living “fun, […]