Minnesota Public Radio invited me as guest on their “Midmorning” program today to talk about the state of health care journalism. You can hear the clip at: http://www.publicradio.org/tools/media/player/news/midmorning/2007/07/27_midmorn2(Real Player required to download and listen)
The political newsletter CounterPunch, the Chicago Tribune and some of its readers weigh in on the question: “Do you trust CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta?”
I always talk a great deal with my students about the blurred line between news and advertising in many settings these days. Now some of my past students are seeing it for themselves. For whatever reason, a disproportionate share of one year’s graduating class is working in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where today the Argus [...]
At StreetAnatomy.com, see what happens when “smart systems” search for relevant terms in news stories so that related ads can be placed on that web page. It’s not always a good idea.
NBC apparently doesn’t understand the concept of disease-mongering. Or else they don’t care. Because they keep practicing the same flawed reporting on restless leg syndrome. See my entry on The World Health Care Blog. And for anyone with legitimate restless leg syndrome, please read the entire column before writing to me. I’m not questioning your [...]
Michael Moore came out swinging in “The Situation Room� with Wolf Blitzer on CNN last evening. First, CNN replayed a several-days old report by Sanjay Gupta that concluded that Moore “fudged the facts� in his “Sicko� documentary on the U.S. health care system. Then Blitzer led off with an insipid, insulting introduction of Moore: “Give [...]
We look for more critical analysis of FDA expedited approval of a new drug like this.
Five-star story on small study that tries to counter large body of evidence on soy supplements for hot flashes.
Our reviewers, including a leading women’s health clinician-researcher, felt this piece would have been benefited from more data and context.
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