1. Who was involved?
The people involved with the documentary include doctors and nutritionists, Morgan, his girlfriend Alex, the surgeon-general, people on the street who were interviewed, etc. These are all credible figures, which aids in influencing the viewer to agree with his argument that take away is bad for you and people should stop eating it.
2. How was information presented?
- Statistics and facts
- Diagrams
- Blood tests, weigh ins, calorie counters, etc.
- Comparison of Morgans's physical appearance
- Exaggeration of the mental side effects/side effects that cannot be seen, e.g. aches and pains
- Saturation of information, in your face
- Quite obvious, not subtle, e.g. obese people walking in the street
- Used information to credit themselves and not discredit them
- Diagrams
- Blood tests, weigh ins, calorie counters, etc.
- Comparison of Morgans's physical appearance
- Exaggeration of the mental side effects/side effects that cannot be seen, e.g. aches and pains
- Saturation of information, in your face
- Quite obvious, not subtle, e.g. obese people walking in the street
- Used information to credit themselves and not discredit them
3. What information may have been biased or skewed?
- The data from the blood tests
- The amount of calories eaten
- Whether or not it was solely Mc Donald's eaten, or a range of foods
- The vomiting and the side effects of the diet
- The interviews with the doctors, nutritionists, surgeon-general
- The interviews with those on the streets
- The data from the blood tests
- The amount of calories eaten
- Whether or not it was solely Mc Donald's eaten, or a range of foods
- The vomiting and the side effects of the diet
- The interviews with the doctors, nutritionists, surgeon-general
- The interviews with those on the streets
4. How was the information skewed?
- The data from the blood tests could have been skewed due to the fact that in the beginning of the documentary, it was stated that drinking orange juice beforehand would increase levels of sugar and eating bacon beforehand would increase cholesterol. It also could have been edited to exaggerate the negative effects that eating Mc Donald's has on your health
- The food logs, etc. containing what Morgan ate throughout his diet could have been adjusted to exaggerate the effects of Mc Donald's
- He ate twice as much as he usually ate and did no exercise
- He ate 5000 calories a day, however, 5000 calories of any food everyday, even with the fittest of people, would lead to obesity, it doesn't make a difference whether or not it was Mc Donald's
- The food may have been a variety of foods rather than just Mc Donald's, which could have just been hidden behind the scenes. Morgan has been called out on the fact that consuming 5000 calories a day purely from 3 meals of Mc Donald's is virtually impossible
- The side effects, such as the headaches, pains, etc. could have easily been exaggerated or just made up as they are not physical side effects
- The vomiting could have not been caused by the Mc Donald's, it could have been due to another reason or Morgan could have forced himself to do it for the camera
- The interviews with the doctors, nutritionists, surgeon-general, etc. could have been edited out of context and to show them saying things that only support the argument
- The interviews with those on the streets, for example, where they were asked if they knew what calories were, could have easily been edited so that it only reveals those who didn't have any idea, and cut out those who do know as there would have been people asked who did know what it was
- The data from the blood tests could have been skewed due to the fact that in the beginning of the documentary, it was stated that drinking orange juice beforehand would increase levels of sugar and eating bacon beforehand would increase cholesterol. It also could have been edited to exaggerate the negative effects that eating Mc Donald's has on your health
- The food logs, etc. containing what Morgan ate throughout his diet could have been adjusted to exaggerate the effects of Mc Donald's
- He ate twice as much as he usually ate and did no exercise
- He ate 5000 calories a day, however, 5000 calories of any food everyday, even with the fittest of people, would lead to obesity, it doesn't make a difference whether or not it was Mc Donald's
- The food may have been a variety of foods rather than just Mc Donald's, which could have just been hidden behind the scenes. Morgan has been called out on the fact that consuming 5000 calories a day purely from 3 meals of Mc Donald's is virtually impossible
- The side effects, such as the headaches, pains, etc. could have easily been exaggerated or just made up as they are not physical side effects
- The vomiting could have not been caused by the Mc Donald's, it could have been due to another reason or Morgan could have forced himself to do it for the camera
- The interviews with the doctors, nutritionists, surgeon-general, etc. could have been edited out of context and to show them saying things that only support the argument
- The interviews with those on the streets, for example, where they were asked if they knew what calories were, could have easily been edited so that it only reveals those who didn't have any idea, and cut out those who do know as there would have been people asked who did know what it was
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