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I understand what you mean, it's an excessively alarmistic article that doesn't seem to adopt any critical perspective on what it is reporting. However, almost
by Udik 8y ago
I understand what you mean, it's an excessively alarmistic article that doesn't seem to adopt any critical perspective on what it is reporting.
However, almost all that it's reported is quotes from interviewed people, so it's hard to call them "fake news": if FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb says that
"a few years ago it would've been incredible to me that we would be here today discussing the potential for drug therapy to help addicted young people quit"
that's his opinion, and the news that he made this statement isn't fake.
On the other hand, the article also contains a lot of vague attributions, such as "Experts worry that..." "Medical experts say..." "According to experts..." "Health advocates said..." which are sloppy and could hide partisan or minority points of view. But it's mostly a very trivial report of a public hearing of the FDA on the topic that happened today.
- mistermann 8y ago> that doesn't seem to adopt any critical perspective on what it is reporting. The article as well as the statements of the FDA employees are not just non-critical, they are one-sided and misleading, implying serious risk where none has been detected. > that's his opinion, and the news that he made this statement isn't fake. It's not false, but whether it is fake is a different question (see my sibling comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18943914 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18943914).