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Topic: Media Myths and Distortions
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| roshob2003 | Posted – 4/16/2008 9:33:16 PM | show profile My question is - What resulted from these stories? Was it hype or were actual results that saved lives achieved? I do think that stories can be sensationalized but there is good that does come from it. |
| DHernandez | Posted – 4/17/2008 12:39:18 PM | show profile So you're saying the harm done by Jeep rollovers, silicone breast implants, alar and DDT was overrated? Also, I'd like to know where I can pick up one of these media agendas that you who aren't in media keep talking about. I've been in the business a long time and have never seen one. |
| ingride | Posted – 4/17/2008 6:41:52 PM | show profile It's certainly not just businesses that suffer from the herd mentality of reporters (politics, religion, environmentalism &c), and not infrequently reporters' malice as well. Science reporting in particular is bad, but with ref to OP re DDT, chronic exposure (e.g. occupational) is still causing cancer in people according to numerous current, reputable studies, and re Alar, better safe than sorry. I had a 3-year-old at that time and you can bet we ditched the apples. Alar IS a known carcinogen, the question is dose/exposure: Unfortunately, the accepted standard is to stuff poor mice with huge doses of these poisons -- barely connected to the long-term effect of lower-dose exposure in humans. However, the possibility of a connection does have to be considered. With the introduction of human stem cell production, however, we can hope to stop torturing mice before long and get more accurate results testing on human cells. In the meantime, let's not forget abt the positive effects of press re PCBs, CFCs, dioxin, etc., and I don't really care which businesses lost money over the press attention. The businessandmedia list in the OP is very selective indeed. |
