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Q&A: Harkin and the emerging nanny state

By Douglas Burns 5/18/07

U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin Thursday said movie characters like Shrek that market candy and junk food to American children are fattening up their audience members and killing them.
In a line of questioning from Iowa Independent's Douglas Burns, Harkin, an Iowa Democrat, dismissed challenges that his approach on the matter amounted to creation of a “nanny [...]

Harkin starts food fight with big screen’s ‘Shrek’

By Douglas Burns 5/17/07

U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin says one of the more popular characters in the history of kids’ movies may be fattening up his audience and killing it.
In a conference call with Iowa Independent and other media today, Harkin, D-Iowa, said that he sent a letter to Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks, protesting the use of the [...]

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