Nowadays most of the advertising we see and hear on television, the radio, and even on the streets are all about fast food restaurants like McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, KFC, and Popeye's. And a lot of the time in these commercials they like to say that they use "real" and "fresh" ingredients. Fast food restaurants like to compete with their oh so fattening burgers, saying that they are flame grilled or that they are not frozen when they are thrown on the grill (meaning they are "fresh"). They like to show athletes eating their products and having the narrator say "It's a fresh start to your day", but the truth is that people who eat their foods end up obese or lethargic. Most people can tell they are just big fat liars or exaggerating, but sometimes these commercials with their in shape beautiful people can get to you and change our minds; making us want to believe or even believe them.
These lies are not only being brainwashed into adults, but also to children. Actually it's being mostly directed towards children. These fast food restaurants have happy meals that come with toy characters from the most popular and latest TV shows and movies which make kids want the food more. They have commercials where children are having lots of fun at McDonald's and playing with Ronald McDonald. McDonald's often has playgrounds or TVs in their restaurants to make them seem kid friendly. Their commercials consist of anything from children, family, sports, and popular movies to lure in customers. These companies go far and wide, all over the world to spread the meaning of Super-Sized (a.k.a fat).
So when you eat these foods know when big chain companies are misleading you, but don't think only fast food companies are lying to you because even grocery store products lie to you as well. There was a quote once said by Ray Kroc the founder of the McDonald's corporation, he said "Look after the customer and business will take care of itself." The question is "Do these fast food companies really care for us or is it just propaganda that's sentencing us to an extra-large coffin?"
-Mikiko
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Did you know that McDonald's is actually the official restaurant of the Olympics? Isn't that crazy? I can't imagine that all those amazing athletes are eating French Fries every night. Because McDonald's had a lot of money to sponsor the Olympics, it can manipulate its own image. Makes me sick!
ReplyDeleteYeah I know, they also have a commercial about that too! It is pretty ridiculous considering foods like that are'nt exactly the kind of food I would be eating if I were an athlete. They probably eat the burgers to put on the pounds so they can go down slopes faster!
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