Quotes by Eric Schlosser

About Eric Schlosser:

Eric Matthew Schlosser is an American journalist and author known for investigative journalism, such as in his books Fast Food Nation, Reefer Madness, Chew On This and Command and Control.
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It's possible to go to the market, buy good ingredients, and make yourself a healthy meal for less than it costs to buy a value meal at McDonald's.

Eric Schlosser

The thing that's been inhibiting long-form investigative reporting is fear - fear of being sued, of being unpopular, of being criticized by very powerful groups.

Eric Schlosser

The fear of murder has grown so enormous in the United States that it leaves a taint, like the mark of Cain, on everyone murder touches.

Eric Schlosser

Different people, in good faith, can look at the same fact and interpret it differently. But that's where an interesting conversation begins.

Eric Schlosser

I think there should be very strict limits on the pathogens that can be sold in your meat. There should be limits on disease-causing pathogens. Tests should determine whether the meat is contaminated or not, and you shouldn't be allowed to sell conta...

Eric Schlosser

Firstly, should we be selling and buying irradiated meat? I think that's up to the consumer, ultimately. But the second point is, this irradiated meat should be clearly and unmistakably labeled as irradiated meat.

Eric Schlosser

By birth and upbringing, I think I'm emotionally resilient. I don't feel like I'm a depressive person.

Eric Schlosser

I really like hamburgers and French fries, and I don't consider myself some kind of gourmand.

Eric Schlosser

It's not a question of McDonald's vanishing from the face of the earth. It's a question of these companies assuming some more responsibility for what they're selling.

Eric Schlosser

Yes, a cheeseburger and fries is probably my favourite meal. But I don't eat ground beef anymore.

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I'm just angry at the sort of things that are winding up in ground beef. I'm angry that other people - mainly children - are going to be sickened by eating a hamburger.

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I never consciously set out to model myself after Upton Sinclair.

Eric Schlosser

I've been called communist, socialist, anti-American.

Eric Schlosser

I think it's important that people know what they are eating and especially to know what their children are eating.

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There is a growing market today for local, organic foods produced by small farmers. And farmers' markets have played a large role in making that happen.

Eric Schlosser

The importance of recalls is to show that contaminated meat is getting out the door. And when you look at these recalls, in many ways the most disturbing thing about these recalls is how little of the meat actually winds up back at the plant.

Eric Schlosser

I hadn't planned on being an activist.

Eric Schlosser

I'd like to think that, in the United States, you can criticize a company that makes hamburgers without having to worry about what might happen to you.

Eric Schlosser

Even academic elites are drawn to the figure of the murderer, which has long been a focus of attention for psychiatrists, sociologists, and criminologists.

Eric Schlosser

One of my favorite dishes in the world used to be steak tartare, which is raw ground beef seasoned and then served.

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Since 1966, hundreds of books have been published that follow murderers along their paths of destruction. Every serial killer, it seems, now has a biographer or two.

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Author Bio

  • NameEric Schlosser
  • DescriptionAmerican journalist and author
  • BornAugust 17, 1959
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionJournalist; Writer
  • WorksFast Food Nation; Reefer Madness