The South Dakota resident who sent me the following video clip wrote, simply, “Just…wow.”
Keloland News Healthbeat reporter Kelli Grant is taking you to an appointment every man over 50 should schedule with their doctor.
That’s an editorial/advocacy stance not backed up by evidence-based guidelines from many major medical and heatlh care organizations. And news stories aren’t supposed to do that.
TV news prostate cancer awareness month promotions apparently try to do good.
But they miss the mark when they fail to tell men that The American Cancer Society, for example, does not support routine testing for prostate cancer at this time.
The “every man should” message discourages complete, balanced, informed decision-making. There shouldn’t be an “every man should” message just as there shouldn’t be an “every man shouldn’t” message.
If TV can’t take the time to explain these issues more completely, they shouldn’t cover them at all.
Opinions on other issues in news, journals, PR, advertising, marketing
We’ve written about the hype of liquid biopsies for years (see link in comment below). And now this…. https://www.statnews.com/2022/01/12/medicare-shouldnt-cover-liquid-biopsies-early-cancer-detection/
Case counts still matter. “(There) are stories that may not be told adequately if only hospitalizations and deaths are emphasized.” @garyschwitzer interviewed by @dbauder of @AP. https://apnews.com/article/omicron-changing-news-outlets-covid-data-da9272f7c4c8a109c3bfb56bed9e9c76
My friend Gary @garyschwitzer wrote to his city council representative in a Minnesota town about a Viva Las Vegas event scheduled for January.
The response he got seems to perfectly capture where we are now.
https://www.healthnewsreview.org/2021/12/2021-ends-with-covid-craziness-in-sports-and-politics/
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