David Phillips rips major media, Steven Nissen and the NEJM in this scathing entry:
Like the yellow journalism that set us on a collision course to war with Spain in 1898, many journalists are sensationalizing Nissen’s opinions to sell newspapers and/or magazines””with little regard for those most likely to be impacted by the findings””type 2 diabetes mellitus patients currently taking Avandia (and who might make unilateral decisions to stop taking a drug controlling there blood sugars, without notifying their doctors) . . .. . . The 10Q Detective argues that the Avandia controversy epitomizes why circulation continues to decline at national dailies””like The New York Times, LA Times, and The Washington Post. Trust issues and lazy reporting are the corrosive causes of subscription losses””not reader flight to the Internet.
(via PharmaGossip)
