We’re fat. Our kids are fat. Our grandchildren are fat.
A watchdog group called Corporate Accountability International proposes a solution: Let’s scapegoat a clown. Let’s get Ronald McDonald fired.
“Marketing can no longer be ignored as a significant part of this massive problem,” the group said in ads placed in major newspapers last week, advocating Ronald’s retirement after nearly 50 years.
The group helped end the career of smokin’ Joe Camel for luring kids to cigarettes. Now it’s aiming for McDonald’s “Chief Happiness Officer” for slipping kids a little grease and hooking them on junk food.