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"he's just being journalistic and refusing to openly give his opinion." This approach, "Earth revolves around Sun? Opinions differ", isn't good journalism. If
by jonhendry 16y ago
"he's just being journalistic and refusing to openly give his opinion."
This approach, "Earth revolves around Sun? Opinions differ", isn't good journalism. If something's blatant nonsense on stilts, it should be called out. ESPECIALLY if you're covering health and are a physician. "First do no harm", etc.
- roadnottaken 16y agoI completely agree with you. I guess I just don't expect much more from CNN...
- pmorici 16y agoWho's to say what blatant nonsense is though a few hundred years ago it was blatantly obvious the world was flat. I don't see how it is harmful for someone to go see this guy even though it is complete nonsense. It's not like a patient's mental state is totally unimportant.
- roadnottaken 16y agoPeople should know they're paying for a placebo, if that's what it is. Otherwise it's fraud.
- pmorici 16y agoWhat says they don't?
- dablya 16y agoIf, a few hundred years ago somebody came to you and said, "I spoke to God and earth is not flat.", assuming no further evidence was offered, you'd be completely justified in dismissing that claim as nonsense.
- jonhendry 16y ago"Who's to say what blatant nonsense is though a few hundred years ago it was blatantly obvious the world was flat." It was blatantly obvious to any coastal civilization whose citizens had watched boats sail over the horizon that the world was round. The ancient Greeks knew it, as I'm sure did others. "I don't see how it is harmful for someone to go see this guy even though it is complete nonsense." The guy claims to treat major diseases like cancer. It's harmful for someone to go see this guy because he's a fraud, he takes their money, is incapable of offering actual help, and the patient dies.