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Anyone else think this is weird being reported by the BBC?

by thrush 13y ago

nodata 13y ago
No.
deanclatworthy 13y ago
Not really. They are one of the more reputable news agencies in the world.
k-mcgrady 13y ago
Why is it weird for a news organisation to report news?
bertil 13y ago
Not really: BBC has one of the best record when it comes to scientific and medical news. In this case, they seem to be getting in front of the panic.
drtse4 13y ago
I guess he meant "they reported it first, instead of any other major US news outlet"
- dalke 13y ago
  The LA Times is a major US news outlet which reported it: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-polio-like-paralysis-california-20140223,0,4064386.story http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-polio-like-paral... . It's being distributed through the AP. There are 18 newspapers listed on Google News which reported on this in the last 24 hours: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=polio-like&oq=polio-like&gs_l=news-cc.3..43j43i53.243.1911.0.2397.12.4.1.6.6.0.245.530.1j2j1.4.0...0.0...1ac.1.GlCOtSJgBVQ https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&authuser=0... . For what it's worth, West Nile virus can cause polio-like paralysis( http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20140211-west-nile-triggered-millions-in-hospital-costs-lost-productivity.ece http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20140211-west-nile-trig... and http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2014/02/the-limbo-between-a-life-worth-living-and-death.html http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2014/02/the-l... ).
  - thrush 13y ago
    I guess he meant "they reported it first, instead of any other major US news outlet" This is exactly what I meant. In hindsight, I hadn't checked other news outlets (it's clearly evident that they had already reported on the topic), and I suppose it's not all that strange because there may well be BBC representatives in California, or at least in touch with people in California. It was a very poorly thought out comment, and I apologize.
    - dalke 13y ago
      It appears that the news articles (Google News now reports 149 hits for the term "polio-like") are due to the following: https://www.aan.com/PressRoom/Home/PressRelease/1246 https://www.aan.com/PressRoom/Home/PressRelease/1246 (EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE UNTIL 4 PM ET, February 23, 2014) > PHILADELPHIA – UPDATE: The research study authors related that there are now between 20 and 25 reported, suspected cases of this polio-like syndrome. Researchers have identified a polio-like syndrome in a cluster of children from California over a one-year period, according to a case report released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 66th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, April 26 to May 3, 2014. There's no reason to have a physical presence in California. For example, the writer might be on a mailing list for announcements from the AAN, and perhaps even access to the embargoed information. Make a few phone calls (including to the researchers in California) and the article is done.
agumonkey 13y ago
So we may rephrase this as 'why nobody else talks about this?'
- Fomite 13y ago
  They're really not the only ones talking about it.
chiph 13y ago
Actually, I'd be surprised if CNN, MSNBC, etc. reported any real news. "Breaking Stories" seem to be reserved for politics and Hollywood antics.
kordless 13y ago
It was on the morning news here this morning, so there's not a media blackout, if that's what you are implying.
sveit 13y ago
I heard this reported on Fox News Channel this morning.

Anyone else think this is weird being reported by the BBC?

by thrush 13y ago

Anyone else think this is weird being reported by the BBC?

nodata 13y ago

No.

deanclatworthy 13y ago

Not really. They are one of the more reputable news agencies in the world.

k-mcgrady 13y ago

Why is it weird for a news organisation to report news?

bertil 13y ago

Not really: BBC has one of the best record when it comes to scientific and medical news. In this case, they seem to be getting in front of the panic.

drtse4 13y ago

I guess he meant "they reported it first, instead of any other major US news outlet"

dalke 13y ago
The LA Times is a major US news outlet which reported it: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-polio-like-paralysis-california-20140223,0,4064386.story http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-polio-like-paral... . It's being distributed through the AP. There are 18 newspapers listed on Google News which reported on this in the last 24 hours: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=polio-like&oq=polio-like&gs_l=news-cc.3..43j43i53.243.1911.0.2397.12.4.1.6.6.0.245.530.1j2j1.4.0...0.0...1ac.1.GlCOtSJgBVQ https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&authuser=0... . For what it's worth, West Nile virus can cause polio-like paralysis( http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20140211-west-nile-triggered-millions-in-hospital-costs-lost-productivity.ece http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20140211-west-nile-trig... and http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2014/02/the-limbo-between-a-life-worth-living-and-death.html http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2014/02/the-l... ).
- thrush 13y ago
  I guess he meant "they reported it first, instead of any other major US news outlet" This is exactly what I meant. In hindsight, I hadn't checked other news outlets (it's clearly evident that they had already reported on the topic), and I suppose it's not all that strange because there may well be BBC representatives in California, or at least in touch with people in California. It was a very poorly thought out comment, and I apologize.
  - dalke 13y ago
    It appears that the news articles (Google News now reports 149 hits for the term "polio-like") are due to the following: https://www.aan.com/PressRoom/Home/PressRelease/1246 https://www.aan.com/PressRoom/Home/PressRelease/1246 (EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE UNTIL 4 PM ET, February 23, 2014) > PHILADELPHIA – UPDATE: The research study authors related that there are now between 20 and 25 reported, suspected cases of this polio-like syndrome. Researchers have identified a polio-like syndrome in a cluster of children from California over a one-year period, according to a case report released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 66th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, April 26 to May 3, 2014. There's no reason to have a physical presence in California. For example, the writer might be on a mailing list for announcements from the AAN, and perhaps even access to the embargoed information. Make a few phone calls (including to the researchers in California) and the article is done.

agumonkey 13y ago

So we may rephrase this as 'why nobody else talks about this?'

Fomite 13y ago
They're really not the only ones talking about it.

chiph 13y ago

Actually, I'd be surprised if CNN, MSNBC, etc. reported any real news. "Breaking Stories" seem to be reserved for politics and Hollywood antics.

kordless 13y ago

It was on the morning news here this morning, so there's not a media blackout, if that's what you are implying.

sveit 13y ago

I heard this reported on Fox News Channel this morning.