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jberryhill

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15. The bullshit health claims and dodgy supplements weren't enough

Reply to Blue Owl (Reply #11)

Thu Nov 28, 2019, 12:44 PM

Nov 2019

That publication does not aspire to credibility.

It is an advertising vehicle for right wing deregulation types who don't believe the FDA or FTC should regulate health claims or products.

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After Mitch McConnell Named WholeFoods Magazine's Man of the Year, Twitter Users Call for Boycott [View all] catbyte Nov 2019 OP

It's not Whole Foods the grocery store, this is a trade magazine for retailers of 'whole foods' mr_lebowski Nov 2019 #1

Newsweek acknowledged that the magazine had nothing to do with the store in the first sentence. catbyte Nov 2019 #3

Fixed it on edit ... mr_lebowski Nov 2019 #5

Exactly. Although I don't think many natural food enthusiasts would view mcconnell as a hero, tho. catbyte Nov 2019 #9

That magazine is not attached to the grocery store essme Nov 2019 #2

There are like a zillion advertisers in that thing!!! LeftInTX Nov 2019 #6

See: magazines. NCLefty Nov 2019 #8

Yep, the magazine LeftInTX Nov 2019 #13

WTF where who thinking? jberryhill Nov 2019 #4

Sorry, the Twitter users. I'll fix it. catbyte Nov 2019 #10

We prefer Trader Joe's RandySF Nov 2019 #7

Well there goes that publication's credibility Blue Owl Nov 2019 #11

In Indiana, a lot of the hemp and CBD products come from Captain Zero Nov 2019 #12

The bullshit health claims and dodgy supplements weren't enough jberryhill Nov 2019 #15

Whole Foods is owned by Jeff Bezos, madaboutharry Nov 2019 #14