This Juice Gets Joints Jumping. U.S. ski team surgeon and orthopedist develops Joint Juice, a “new edgy drink” [I hope this is ‘edgy’ as in ‘on the edge’ rather than ‘on edge’…] containing glucosamine, which preliminary evidence suggests can facilitate the maintenance and proliferation of cartilage. The drink is being marketed to arthritis sufferers and athletes concerned with preventing joint breakdown. I’m not sure the developer’s boast that “it took three years to develop because (glucosamine) tastes so bad” is actually a selling point. Wired

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The FTC Pushes Music Censorship As Consumer Protection: ‘First there was the September
Federal Trade Commission report entitled “Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children.” Then there
was a wild hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee, in which Lynne Cheney submitted her
review of Eminem’s new album: “It is despicable. It is horrible. This is dreadful. This is shameful. This
is awful.” Then last Tuesday the FTC released a follow-up report, singling out the record industry for
pernicious marketing practices. Thursday, Joe Lieberman, along with senators Herb Kohl
(D-Wisconsin) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-New York), introduced the Media Marketing
Accountability Act of 2001. The bill would “treat the marketing of adult-rated movies, music, and
video games to children like any other deceptive act that harms consumers . . . [I]t would give the
FTC the authority . . . to penalize companies that violate this provision with civil fines up to $11,000
per offense.” ‘

And “saving kids from offensive lyrics is nothing new, as this time line demonstrates.” Village Voice

The FTC Pushes Music Censorship As Consumer Protection: ‘First there was the September
Federal Trade Commission report entitled “Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children.” Then there
was a wild hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee, in which Lynne Cheney submitted her
review of Eminem’s new album: “It is despicable. It is horrible. This is dreadful. This is shameful. This
is awful.” Then last Tuesday the FTC released a follow-up report, singling out the record industry for
pernicious marketing practices. Thursday, Joe Lieberman, along with senators Herb Kohl
(D-Wisconsin) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-New York), introduced the Media Marketing
Accountability Act of 2001. The bill would “treat the marketing of adult-rated movies, music, and
video games to children like any other deceptive act that harms consumers . . . [I]t would give the
FTC the authority . . . to penalize companies that violate this provision with civil fines up to $11,000
per offense.” ‘

And “saving kids from offensive lyrics is nothing new, as this time line demonstrates.” Village Voice

The FTC Pushes Music Censorship As Consumer Protection: ‘First there was the September
Federal Trade Commission report entitled “Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children.” Then there
was a wild hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee, in which Lynne Cheney submitted her
review of Eminem’s new album: “It is despicable. It is horrible. This is dreadful. This is shameful. This
is awful.” Then last Tuesday the FTC released a follow-up report, singling out the record industry for
pernicious marketing practices. Thursday, Joe Lieberman, along with senators Herb Kohl
(D-Wisconsin) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-New York), introduced the Media Marketing
Accountability Act of 2001. The bill would “treat the marketing of adult-rated movies, music, and
video games to children like any other deceptive act that harms consumers . . . [I]t would give the
FTC the authority . . . to penalize companies that violate this provision with civil fines up to $11,000
per offense.” ‘

And “saving kids from offensive lyrics is nothing new, as this time line demonstrates.” Village Voice