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TV Camp host says Remy the rat left Gusteau's for McDonald's and that McDonald's sales 'almost tripled'
Summary
On the TV Camp News broadcast, host Megan said the character Remy was fired from Gusteau's Kitchen and later worked at McDonald's, which the host said drove customer traffic and tripled sales; the program gave no independent verification.
Megan, host of TV Camp News, said on the program that “Remy the rat has been fired from his job at chef Gusteau's Kitchen, 5 star restaurant and has been spotted working as a chef at McDonald's.” She said that after people learned the McDonald's location, customers began flooding specific restaurants and that “McDonald's sales value has almost tripled after people found out that Remy the rat works there,” adding that Gusteau's Kitchen “has been shut down.”
The broadcast presented these claims without named sources, city locations, or verification. The segment treated the account as a news item on a camp-produced newscast rather than as a verified report. No McDonald's representative, Gusteau's representative, or sales data source was cited on-air.
