The Chicago Tribune, in the middle of a good story with a catchy headline – “The United States of Anxiety: Worried Sick Over Our Health Care” – includes some vital messages: “Polls show voters worry a lot about health care and how much they spend on it. Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama have [...]
In its weekly e-newsletter, the Integrity in Science Watch project of the Center for Science in the Public Interest offers its “Cheers & Jeers” section on health journalism’s coverage of conflicts of interest among sources. This week they wrote: Cheer to Mike Stobbe of the Associated Press for reporting the financial ties to General Electric [...]
Sandy Szwarc, on her Junkfood Science blog, blasts lazy news coverage this week of “a study reportedly finding that acupuncture works to reduce the side effects of breast cancer treatment as effectively as conventional medicine, without the side effects.” She counted at least 144 news stories and tied them to a news release issued by [...]
See his memo to staff now posted online.
CJR’s column, “Something’s Rotten in Roanoke,” raises some important questions, although it doesn’t answer any of them. It is clear that the once formidable wall that once stood between the advertising departments and the news departments now looks like Swiss cheese in many news organizations.
If you thought I had criticisms of Friday night’s “Stand Up To Cancer” telethon, read Sandy Szwarc’s much more in-depth analysis on her JunkFood Science blog. Don’t look for this kind of critical analysis in any of the mainstream media; many of them were “partners” in the deal.
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.
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