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Author Topic: New Hep C Drugs, Faulty Journalism  (Read 7274 times)

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New Hep C Drugs, Faulty Journalism
« on: September 29, 2014, 11:34:37 am »
From Lucinda K. Porter — a.k.a. lporterrn’s blog:

Journalism is supposed to report the facts, but in reality, sometimes the goal is to agitate readers and raise doubt. Recently, "news items" are saying, "Hey we have this expensive hepatitis C drug and although it cures nearly everyone, quite a few people discontinue taking it. What a waste of money. We should pity these poor insurance companies and understand why they don't want to pay for these expensive treatments."

There are some basic problems with this reporting, and here's why:

http://blogs.hepmag.com/lucindakporter/2014/09/new_hepatitis_c_drug_2.html

 


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