Last night all three network newscasts did story's on a proposed ban on trans fats in New York City restaurants. Katie Couric practically made out trans fat to be a lethal lipid stalking the stainless steel kitchens of the Big Apple's finest eateries

“New York, New York is getting ready to lead the nation in evicting a killer from restaurants,” teased Katie Couric at the intro to the “Evening News.”

Yet oddly enough, it was her correspondent's report that was the most balanced of the three networks, as correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi reported the price tag accompanying the ban for any restaurants holding on to offending cooking oils: $2,000 per violation.

"Some restaurant owners say their customers want to eat like 9-year-olds, they just don't want to be treated like one," Alfonsi concluded her report. Unlike ABC or NBC, Alfonsi included a spokesman for a New York restaurant trade group and aired clips from Center for Consumer Freedom that mock attempts by food police to regulate and litigate our way to politically correct, healthier eating habits.

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