My thanks to The Daily Beast for publishing my commentary this week. The following is a modified version. This week the Wall Street Journal published a big splash, "CT Scans Gain Favor as Option for Colonoscopy." But in this 1,300-word article, there isn’t one mention of the recent statement by the U.S. Preventive Services Task [...]
I’m pleased to be able to contribute a piece for The Daily Beast on the rash of stories that fail to tell the whole story about screening tests. I write in that piece: “A few simple reminders could guide journalists and the public: * Newer isn’t always better. * More isn’t always better. * Screening [...]
Trudy Lieberman, in Columbia Journalism Review, describes what the magazine calls ineptitude by CNN and Dr. Sanjay Gupta in coverage of health policy news. Excerpt: “Gupta’s attempt to explain John McCain’s health plan offered a confusing and ultimately misleading picture of how the candidate’s proposals might work. McCain, you may recall, has proposed giving every [...]
The Wall Street Journal today has a big splash, “CT Scans Gain Favor as Option for Colonoscopy.” But in this 1,300-word article, there isn’t one mention of the recent statement by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force “that the evidence is insufficient to assess the benefits and harms of computed tomographic colonography” and that “there [...]
The Integrity in Science Watch project of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, in this week’s e-newsletter, has two different but related “jeers” for failure to disclose conflicts in two different health journalism efforts. Their posting: Jeer to the National Press Foundation for an omission on its agenda for the Oct. 23 forum [...]
The CBS Early Show let actress-singer Olivia Newton-John appear on their program this week to promote a commercial product without a balanced review of the evidence. In fact, the anchor led in to the relevant part of the interview by prompting the celebrity, “Tell us about your crusade.� (Newton-John:) “I’d like to introduce the Liv [...]
Phil Galewitz, health writer for the Palm Beach Post, in the current issue of HealthBeat, the newsletter of the Association of Health Care Journalists: “It used to be, in journalism, your goal was to c omplete a major investigative project or win a major statewide or national award. Today, journalists like me are worried about [...]
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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