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Fox News falls into ethical morass on Zika birth story
Recently Fox News broke the story of a newborn affected by the Zika virus in Hackensack, New Jersey. Fox News got an exclusive video interview with the baby’s mother. Oh, did we mention that Fox News Health Senior Managing Editor Dr. Manny Alvarez was helping to care for the mother? Though the central players are […]
10/2/2014More conflicted, imbalanced prostate information from FOX News
Conflicted and imbalanced because they let Dr. David Samadi, who runs a robotic surgery center in New York, be the unchallenged expert about “raising awareness for prostate cancer.” In fact, they let the self-promotional Samadi get away with promoting the #SamadiChallenge – which, if you use that on Twitter, will eat up 16 of your […]
6 4/17/2012Fox News’ robotic surgeon medical news contributor
Fox News uses Dr. David Samadi, a New York urologist and “Chief of Robotics” at his NY hospital, as a “medical contributor.” We’ve seen and heard him promote his pet approaches in the past. He did it again this past Sunday, touting his own favorite approach over another approach known as the Cyberknife, along with […]
2 2/9/2011Why would the Wall Street Journal post this Fox News video on coffee as cure & killer?
A “Nature’s Medicine Cabinet” video – courtesy of Fox News, was posted on the Wall Street Journal’s website last week. The one-minute clip flew by – but packed with a boatload of misinformation. Excerpts: “Coffee helps reduce the risk of Parkinson’s Disease.” “It radically reduces the risk of colon and rectal cancer” Those […]
6/1/2010Fox News posts story making preposterous claim about breast cancer
We’ve seen a lot of bad health news stories, but this is one of the worst: Fox News posted a story under the headline, “U.S.-Developed Vaccine ‘Could Eliminate’ Breast Cancer.” The story states the vaccine “could prevent breast cancer and save the lives of millions of women.” Then it goes on to explain this was […]
3/3/2010Fox News contributor has conflict of interest on prostate CA screening discussion
Here’s another problem with the practice of TV networks using physician “contributors” to comment on health care news. They may have a clear conflict of interest that is not addressed. When the American Cancer Society released its updated guidelines on prostate cancer screening today, Fox News reported: “Dr. David Samadi, a Fox News contributor and […]
2/2/2015Another egregious conflict of interest in Fox Health News
On the FoxNews.com/health web page today is a piece (I won’t call it a story; it’s more like an ad) by Dr. Jennifer Landa, “Ending the multivitamin debate: Why taking one may actually save your life.” Oh, my, there’s a lot we could say about this piece. And we will, since I’m going to blog […]
6/27/2011Health news “infoxication” – info fatigue syndrome – not just a US phenomenon: reflections on European health journalism conference
I’m back from London and Coventry, where Coventry University and the Association of Health Care Journalists (and others) hosted a European health journalism conference last week, which Professor John Lister of Coventry U. called a first of its kind event. About 70 people from 12 European countries attended. It quickly became evident how large is […]
Alex Trebek’s ‘near remission’ story serves as a reminder: Beware celebrity health news
In People magazine’s latest cover story, Alex Trebek said his advanced pancreatic cancer is in “near remission.” People portrayed this as a dramatic turnaround: When Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer three months ago, fans were shocked. But now the beloved Trebek has good news to share: He’s in “near […]
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A final HealthNewsReview.org report card from 3,200+ systematic reviews of health care news stories & PR releases
In 2005, as I began building HealthNewsReview.org, I got permission from Dr. David Henry of the Media Doctor Australia project to adopt their news story review criteria. In the ensuing 13 years, no one has ever placed in front of me a solid, specific suggestion for a better set of criteria for reviewing stories about […]
Wasted wasps and deadly dog licks: How the summer’s creepy crawlies are infecting our health news
It’s been a long, hot summer with no small amount of scary headlines. While we’ve covered the topic of summer scare-mongering before, what’s trending this summer is less random and more insect-and-critter obsessed. Bats, ticks, dog saliva, drunken wasps, and a vast array of parasites could truly turn this into a summer of despair (if […]
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News release labeling system launches in the UK: Will it help cleanse the polluted stream of media messaging?
We’ve written about how news releases that oversell medical research pollute the stream of public information by spawning news stories that echo hype. Now there’s an effort underway in the UK to reduce the contamination at its source. Launching this month is a labeling system for news releases to help journalists assess how robust research […]
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With funding scarce, HealthNewsReview.org hurtles toward closure
The following post is written by Michael Schulson and was originally published on Undark. We are reposting it with permission because we think it does an excellent job of summarizing what HealthNewsReview.org does, what many health care journalists thought about our work, and why our work will be missed when we close at the end […]
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In portraying a silver lining to Santa Fe school shooting, news stories mislead public about GoFundMe campaign for victim’s husband
This week news organizations raced to report how the recent Texas school shooting drove an influx of donations to a crowdfunding campaign to finance a stem cell treatment for the husband of one of the victims. It was a classic narrative of a silver lining emerging from tragedy, portrayed by dramatic headlines such as these: […]
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Patients with a rare stomach disorder express alarm as TV news promotes nerve freezing for weight loss
Tiffany Mielcarek was aghast when she saw NBC’s Today Show hype an experimental weight loss procedure that freezes a branch of the vagus nerve that sends hunger signals to the brain and regulates digestion. “They were talking about it as if this were a miracle. No risks were brought up at all,” said the 48-year-old […]
