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Unfortunate phrasing

Heard on “All Things Considered” this afternoon: A lobbyist for the junk food industry replies to the idea that his ads ought to be banned from kiddie TV shows by saying that that would embroil us in a “fruitless conversation” about what constitutes junk food.

Fruitless, indeed. Isn’t that the point?

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