After a long class discussion on "Slanted Reports" it was now time for me to scour the Internet for my own findings of a slanted report. Here's what I managed to find:
According to WebMD's article Chipotle: Does a Focus on Fresh Mean More Risk? it discusses that the Fresh-Mex location has temporarily closed due to an E. coli outbreak to the chain. According to the article it mentions that two dozen people have gotten sick and nearly a third of the patients have been hospitalized due to the outbreak. Not only that, but the article also mentions that this is the third time this year that Chipotle has run into this issue. Which in reality, could make myself and other readers potentially sceptical about the chain.
What really caught my attention and led me to point out the slanted view of this article is when it stated that Chipotle was deemed to be a favorite casual fast food spot due to it's long standing commitment to using fewer processed ingredients and replaced with fresher ingredients- "What's not to love about that? Germs, apparently". This made me question whether or not Chipotle really took proper precautions with their ingredients and took all the right steps to ensure all their ingredients were stored appropriately.
The article does inform the audience that Chipotle is closed due to a food borne illness, however it does also stress on multiple occasions that this isn't the first time the chain has encountered this problem. In fact, it doesn't just give one other occurrence but two in two different states that happened within the same month. Tell me that's not saying something. If anything this article is really raising the question is Chipotle taking the right precautions in food safety? Which in terms could lead to future complications with customers to the food chain.
Now in most cases, WebMD would be considered in good standing in the credibility aspect, but this article may raise a few heads on the matter.
Wow! I had no idea about this! Did all of the locations for Chipotle close? I didn't realize that they had a past history of "germ" problems! How unfortunate that they are struggling because I always enjoyed their food. Maybe they can find a more reliable source for their food so they don't keep having to worry about these issues. If this keeps happening their name will definitely become tainted.
ReplyDeleteI don't believe all locations are closed, but just a handful. I was just as surprised reading it as you were. You're absolutely right, if this issue does continue to occur, it won't be very good for them.
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