Posted by zeugma on October 30, 2005, at 16:15:23
In reply to Big Pharma's brave new novel, posted by pseudoname on October 23, 2005, at 13:50:00
> > All we all enjoying our BRAVE NEW WORLD?
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> Not yet, and that won't be the title. LOL.
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> Big Pharma officially recently tried to get a novel titled "The Spivak Conspiracy" written & published that would scare Americans away from buying generic Canadian imports. PhRMA (the drug industry lobbying group) hired writers to make a novel about Bosnian terrorists contaminating Canadian drugs that make thousands of Americans sick. PhRMA executives figured such a book would be more effective public relations than all the boring op-eds and position statements it currently uses to oppose cheap imports.
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> The editor on the book (which may yet see print as "The Karasik Conspiracy") was -- and I am not making this up -- JAYSON BLAIR.
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> Stories at:
> http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/356296p-303697c.html
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> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/19/AR2005101902119_pf.html
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> (This post *should*, perhaps, be redirected to Books...)Pseudoname, fascinating post. It is offensive to me, however, since it appears to contain a slighting reference to Jayson Blair: I was on the Pulitzer committee a few years ago and nominated a piece of his for the award. Do not remind of this misstep again.
I actually think the Big Pharm control of information is a good thing. I develop the argument in this defense of Dr. Bob's civility rules:http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20051013/msgs/573449.html
-z
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