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Oprah and Newsweek Part 2

Yes, people, print media is dead. I for one, don’t mind visiting the cemetery and placing a flower on its tomb out of respect for the life it lived, but I think my post from a week ago, regarding Newsweek’s irresponsibility, explains why I won’t be the one giving the eulogy at its funeral.

The article, which attacked Oprah for her shows about bioidentical hormones, was laced with incorrect claims, heavily slanted in favor of synthetic hormones. It was not only misleading, but downright false, in some instances.

I am passing on an article by Dr. Jeffrey Dach, originally printed on his hormone blog, JeffreyDach.com, which expounds on my claim that Newsweek’s article was a desperate attempt at trying to resuscitate itself, as it, like many forms of print media, are dying a slow death, due to the increasing popularity of electronic media formats.

Journalistic print media giants are finding out that people looking for unbiased news are no longer willing to tolerate agendas that masquerade as responsible journalism. Dr. Dach’s article highlights all of the financial reasons why Newsweek misguidedly, feels the need to do it.

One Comment
 
June 28th, 2009 at 10:30 am
 

Very well put! Newsweek receives mucho advertising dollars from big pharm companies, and the article was absolute proof that NW puts that relationship way ahead of objective reporting. That’s why blogs like yours will soon put rags like NW out of business.

Cheers!

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