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I am not defending this doctor. its down right despicable. Unfortunately, the sponsor of STAT news is no better (not questioning their editorial bias per se, bu

I am not defending this doctor. its down right despicable. Unfortunately, the sponsor of STAT news is no better (not questioning their editorial bias per se, but i think its worth point out) Lest not forget, that STAT news is sponsored in part by Janssen, which gave us this lovely piece in highline last year: http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/miracleindustry/americas-most-admired-lawbreaker/ http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/miracleindustry/americas-... Janssen's parent company, Johnson and Johnson, was sued on these accounts and paid out an excess combined over 3 billion to settle lawsuits related to the marketing, selling, distribution, and deception employed to sell risperdal to as many people as possible. http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/11/nation/la-na-nn-risperdal-arkansas-20120411 http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/11/nation/la-na-nn-risp... http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/ny-ag-janssen-pays-181m-over-drug-marketing/ http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/ny-ag-janssen-pays-...

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taurath 10y ago
I was put on that awful drug when I was all of 11 years old. In most countries it's a crime to directly market pharmaceuticals to the public and for damn good reason. Too bad the pharma lobby has both Dems and republicans by the balls.
- praneshp 10y ago
  Sorry for insulting your country, but I think many industries have both Dems and Republicans by the balls.
  - taurath 10y ago
    I'm not going to argue with you there. Most people in the US know who has the power to make policy, and who policies are made for. The only options for fighting it involve rat mazes set up by those with power, and there are only false goals.
    - warent 10y ago
      Very Kafkaesque indeed
    - Qwertious 10y ago
      Which is why I think the #1 most important goal the USA has this decade, is altering the underlying democratic system. If you fix that, then everything else becomes fixable.
      - taurath 10y ago
        And the far right wing has about a 2 decade head start of pushing it in the wrong direction, sadly.
shoyer 10y ago
Most news venues accept advertisements, even from somewhat controversial sources. This does not mean that sponsors have any editorial influence, which would be a serious allegation. Unless you are accusing STAT of violating journalistic ethics, these sort of comments are off-topic and irrelevant (and hence downvoted).
- no_wizard 10y ago
  I wasn't, which I stated. Its not however, off topic or baseless. I think it is a great example of the medical industry (with pharmaceutical companies being a subset of that as well) being self serving even if it is dangerous to others (which this donation scheme isn't per say, however it is very suspicious and at the very least I would say not the way we want to business in a polite society)
  - conistonwater 10y ago
    It's a strange road to go down, isn't it, to say I'm not alleging anything, but here's an allegation. Saying you think it's relevant is the allegation, which you both make and deny making.
    - no_wizard 10y ago
      Here's my mistake, I really am not questioning their editorial. I was trying to point out that the sites sponsors were Janssen pharma, with the focus I was trying to swing in as "Lest we forget, STAT news sponsor Janssen Phamasutical... I can see how it can be misinterpreted I was red the emphasis to be back on the sponsor not on stat news

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taurath 10y ago

I was put on that awful drug when I was all of 11 years old. In most countries it's a crime to directly market pharmaceuticals to the public and for damn good reason. Too bad the pharma lobby has both Dems and republicans by the balls.

praneshp 10y ago
Sorry for insulting your country, but I think many industries have both Dems and Republicans by the balls.
- taurath 10y ago
  I'm not going to argue with you there. Most people in the US know who has the power to make policy, and who policies are made for. The only options for fighting it involve rat mazes set up by those with power, and there are only false goals.
  - warent 10y ago
    Very Kafkaesque indeed
  - Qwertious 10y ago
    Which is why I think the #1 most important goal the USA has this decade, is altering the underlying democratic system. If you fix that, then everything else becomes fixable.
    - taurath 10y ago
      And the far right wing has about a 2 decade head start of pushing it in the wrong direction, sadly.

shoyer 10y ago

Most news venues accept advertisements, even from somewhat controversial sources. This does not mean that sponsors have any editorial influence, which would be a serious allegation. Unless you are accusing STAT of violating journalistic ethics, these sort of comments are off-topic and irrelevant (and hence downvoted).

no_wizard 10y ago
I wasn't, which I stated. Its not however, off topic or baseless. I think it is a great example of the medical industry (with pharmaceutical companies being a subset of that as well) being self serving even if it is dangerous to others (which this donation scheme isn't per say, however it is very suspicious and at the very least I would say not the way we want to business in a polite society)
- conistonwater 10y ago
  It's a strange road to go down, isn't it, to say I'm not alleging anything, but here's an allegation. Saying you think it's relevant is the allegation, which you both make and deny making.
  - no_wizard 10y ago
    Here's my mistake, I really am not questioning their editorial. I was trying to point out that the sites sponsors were Janssen pharma, with the focus I was trying to swing in as "Lest we forget, STAT news sponsor Janssen Phamasutical... I can see how it can be misinterpreted I was red the emphasis to be back on the sponsor not on stat news