Post by mnballetmom on Jun 9, 2009 16:43:15 GMT -5
Oh for dog's sake, now along with Deepak Chopra, we have a post from Katty Kay and Claire Shipman defending Oprah Winfrey from the big bad horrible racists and misogynists at Newsweek on HuffPo:
www.huffingtonpost.com/claire-shipman-and-katty-kay/did-anyone-else-think-the_b_212819.html
I found it due to AoA dog-whistling it on their site.
Here's my response - doubt it will post:
www.huffingtonpost.com/claire-shipman-and-katty-kay/did-anyone-else-think-the_b_212819.html
I found it due to AoA dog-whistling it on their site.
Here's my response - doubt it will post:
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I was interested in reading your book, and I've also looked upon both of you with admiration.
Now? Not so much.
Certainly, there are many things that we don't yet know in medicine. But to hold Jenny McCarthy up as a shining example of anything but the anti-science quack that she and her theories about vaccines causing autism are shows a distinct lack of understanding or knowledge on your part. Are you aware that Jenny has a for-profit side business selling DVD's? Or that she runs a for-profit school?
Oprah wields a lot of power and influence, and when she has people like Jenny McCarthy on her show with no one else to counter what she says or even better gives Jenny McCarthy a platform to promote sometimes dangerous alternative therapies and scare parents away from vaccines, Oprah deserves the cover that she received.
I was interested in reading your book, and I've also looked upon both of you with admiration.
Now? Not so much.
Certainly, there are many things that we don't yet know in medicine. But to hold Jenny McCarthy up as a shining example of anything but the anti-science quack that she and her theories about vaccines causing autism are shows a distinct lack of understanding or knowledge on your part. Are you aware that Jenny has a for-profit side business selling DVD's? Or that she runs a for-profit school?
Oprah wields a lot of power and influence, and when she has people like Jenny McCarthy on her show with no one else to counter what she says or even better gives Jenny McCarthy a platform to promote sometimes dangerous alternative therapies and scare parents away from vaccines, Oprah deserves the cover that she received.
