Mainstream Media Fail to Report Big Pharma Funding on Drug Studies
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by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, October 1, 2008
Key concepts: Mainstream media, Medical studies and Prescription drugs
Editors working for the mainstream media (MSM) routinely fail to report that Big Pharma funds the drug studies they're writing about, a new study reveals. Published in JAMA, this study shows strong media bias in favor of simply trusting the conclusions of studies funded by drug companies rather than asking intelligent, skeptical questions about them. Simply put, mainstream media journalists are either ridiculously gullible or intentionally biased when it comes to reporting on prescription drugs.
From Health.usnews.com: The mainstream media often fail to report when drug company funding is used for studies of medications, a new review found. What's more, there's a tendency among both medical and mainstream reporters to use brand names, rather than generic names, when referring to specific medications. And both of these factors work to skew public and medical opinion toward commercial interests, according to the review, published in the Oct. 1 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.... more
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