So we all caught fat flu? Fox doesn't even try to hide the fact that they're haters. 26Jan09

Excuse me while I preach to the choir...

Found this while perusing Fox News online. (I literally had nothing better to do.)

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,482788,00.html

Apparently getting fat IS contagious. Wait til the size-phobes and Mike Huckabee get a hold of this. We'll all be quarantined and forced to eat nothing but steamed soy beans and bran flakes until we're "cured" of our infectious fattedness. 

And on the same page is this story… http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,483204,00.html

Jessica Simpson gained 3 ounces!!!! A sure sign of the apocalypse! 

Maybe she caught the fat flu?

I realize this is Fox News… not exactly the height of reputable reporting right? But there are people who read this stuff and think it’s Gospel. Even people who write and propose legislation. It’s dangerous when a major media outlet hypes something like fat being contagious. 

Am I a scientist? No. Not even in my fake life. But you'd be better off trying to convince me the world is flat than trying to make me believe one iota of this story. Not buying it, not even as a possibility.

Bet you a dollar if we follow the funding behind this "research institute", we’ll find Slim-Fast or some other diet giant behind it. 

http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/cli...esearch+Center

Ah, well... look at that.

Nice try, Jenny Crank and NutriShitstem cronies. At least you took a shot at fear mongering from a different angle. Clever. Very clever.

BTW, Fox what did fat people do to piss you guys off today? Did you accidentally hire someone from Glamour Magazine for your news staff or something? Wackos.