A finely textured beef product that critics dubbed “pink slime,” can now legally be classified as ground beef, WGBH reports. In 2012, ABC News aired an exposé that first introduced “pink slime” to the ...

McDonald's made a startling announcement in 2012, stating it would no longer be serving burgers made from "lean beef trimmings treated with ammonia" in America. A concise statement was posted on their ...

The backlash to the backlash over “pink slime” continues: This past weekend in the Washington Post business section, Dina ElBoghdady reported on the consequences resulting from the panic. What is ...

What is ‘pink slime’ journalism? “Pink slime” journalism is named after a meat byproduct and describes outlets that publish poor quality reports that appear to be local news. In the past decade, many ...

A U.S. government agency has regulated that a processed beef product made from slaughterhouse trimmings — known as "pink slime" — can be legally classified as ground beef. The product was the focus of ...

This week, Columbia’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Floodlight, and ProPublica copublished an investigation: “Fossil fuel interests are working to kill solar in one Ohio county. The hometown ...

Pink slime. Appetizing, right? Well, you eat it each time you order a burger at a fast-food restaurant. What is it? Trimmings from cattle carcasses that are heated and then bathed in ammonium ...

As the 2024 U.S. election draws closer, a dark facet of the media world has some in the industry on edge: a particular type of fake news website that is designed to appear legitimate. The ubiquity of ...

“Pink slime,” a food additive made from spare beef trimmings that’s treated with ammonium hydroxide to kill off E. coli, salmonella and other possible bacteria, continues to rear its slimy head. Last ...