tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519234397783312626.post5529681833498281421..comments2023-10-09T11:42:57.305-04:00Comments on Healthcare, etc.: Journalism or advertising? "The Health Show" on NPRMarya Zilberberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16080475886113209344noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519234397783312626.post-54614995302156169762010-11-27T02:35:35.243-05:002010-11-27T02:35:35.243-05:00Thanks for generating heightened interest by your ...Thanks for generating heightened interest by your readers in closer attention to health related journalism. I don't recall that it's ever been more than awareness reporting. Ever mindful of not being too pushy (except in political reporting), the health reporter keeps things in the positive middle of a huge highway of potential listener/reader interest, not allowing definitive positions to come at the end of the story. A health care professional can generally feel (and sometimes smell) the holes in the story, cringing at the lack of emphasis at the critical moments that would allow our levels of truth to show forth. Mediocrity is sometimes difficult to tolerate and sometimes a reasonable quest. How do we tell the difference? What do we do about it?A. Patrick Jonas, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935504320560038973noreply@blogger.com