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Bioethicist to Wyeth: "Walk it Off, Crybaby"
To cap off a week on this blog that featured several posts about drug industry influence on medicine or on journalism, here are excerpts of Dr. Carl Elliott’s column on the Hastings Center’s Bioethics Forum: “…consider the indignant letter posted recently in PLoS Medicine by an attorney for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. Apparently, Wyeth is upset about […]
7/15/2009Even non-journalists see a problem with pharma sponsored news training
John Mack’s background is in pharma marketing (and other things). Yet he joins the ranks of people who see problems with the Pfizer-funded journalism training being hosted by the National Press Foundation and promoted by the Society of Professional Journalists. Read his blog entry on the issue.
Journalism organizations too cozy with drug industry
I have written to the National Press Foundation stating my concern with the fact that they have accepted funding from the drug company Pfizer to offer journalism fellowships on cancer issues. I read about this in an e-newsletter sent by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). The SPJ newsletter wrote that “Fifteen fellowships will be […]
Journalism organizations too cozy with drug industry
I have written to the National Press Foundation stating my concern with the fact that they have accepted funding from the drug company Pfizer to offer journalism fellowships on cancer issues. I read about this in an e-newsletter sent by the Society of Professional Journalists. The SPJ newsletter wrote that “Fifteen fellowships will be awarded […]
