The local propaganda trend is hitting on TikTok, so Hey Salt Lake editor Terina Ria, host Ali Vallarta, and executive producer Emily Means shared the Utah propaganda they are and aren’t buying into on an episode of the City Cast Salt Lake podcast.
❌🥛 Raw Milk
Terina says: "Propaganda I’m not falling for is raw milk. Because propaganda I do fall for is food safety. Pasteurization, people. It was introduced over a hundred years ago for a reason. We need it. It helps us. Anytime that I've gotten sick from food, it's always felt like the biggest betrayal. I am usually a sucker for a wellness trend, but raw milk is just something that I cannot get behind.”
✅🍞 Fry Bread
Terina says: ”I am a sucker for the Utah scone, otherwise known as fry bread. I do like a British cone, but the Utah scone is just superior. I mean, you know, it's fried and the British scone is dry. I feel like everybody has their favorite spot that they get their scones growing up in Utah. For me it's always been Chuck-a-Rama, which is very controversial.”
❌🚗 Interstate 15
Emily says: “ If I have to get on I-15 to go somewhere, it's the worst part of my day. I'm like white knuckling the steering wheel as everyone drives 90 plus miles an hour past me. And I'm like, it's 70 here, people. This highway should not exist in Salt Lake County.”
Zion National Park is worth the fuss. (Ali Vallarta/City Cast Salt Lake)
✅⛰️ The Mighty 5 Campaign
Ali says: “'The Mighty 5.' You could argue it’s one of the most successful propaganda to come out of the state. The goal of this campaign was to prove to people around the country that you could see all five National Parks in one road trip. And the Mighty Five campaign, I pulled some numbers: It generated $1.9 billion in visitor spending directly attributable to the advertising at the time.”
❌🎿 Skiing
Ali says: “It seems like all anyone does is complain about it. I can't remember the last time that I had a friend who went skiing and when I was like, ‘How was it’ that they didn't just start complaining or ranting about the experience, the parking, the traffic, getting up at four o'clock in the morning to, you know, eat a frozen breakfast burrito and get your ass in line. The injuries, I just, I don't get it. How fun can it be?”
