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The Federal Communications Commission [8] has added junk food marketing critic Sen. Tom Harkin [9] (D-IA), the Benton Foundation [10] (an FCC watchdog), and several academic groups to a list of mostly industry advocates on an FCC task force slated to consider limits on marketing food and beverage products to children. Sen. Sam Brownback [11] (R-Kan), who has taken credit for creating the task force, issued a statement calling it "a bipartisan effort to provide a forum for the public and private sectors to examine the impact of media and on childhood obesity." Brownback's mantra is that any restrictions must be voluntary. He initially excluded [12] Sen. Harkin from deliberations over creating the task force. The first meeting of the task force has been announced for Valentine's Day. The task force press release [13] is mum on whether sweets will be available at the table.
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[1] http://dev.prwatch.org/users/2282/jonathan-rosenblum
[2] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/health/obesity
[3] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/public-relations/issue-management
[4] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/children
[5] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/marketing
[6] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/us-government
[7] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdev.prwatch.org%2Fspin%2F2007%2F01%2F5669%2Ffccs-tvchild-obesity-task-force-adds-members-sets-valentines-day-meeting&linkname=FCC%27s%20TV%2FChild%20Obesity%20Task%20Force%20Adds%20Members%2C%20Sets%20Valentine%27s%20Day%20Meeting
[8] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/FCC
[9] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tom_Harkin
[10] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Benton_Foundation
[11] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Sam_Brownback
[12] http://www.prwatch.org//node/5239
[13] http://www.fcc.gov/obesity/documents/nr012307.pdf
[14] http://www.tvweek.com/news.cms?newsId=11438