Category Archives: Kevorkian

Organ Donation by Death Row Inmates – Get Ready to Start Hearing More About How it’s “Good” for Everyone

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Wesley Smith has two related pieces on an op-ed by a death row prisoner that was published in the NY Times on March 6th.  Christian Longo, who admits to being guilty of killing his wife and three children, wrote to the newspaper to promote voluntary organ donation by death row prisoners. In Wesley’s first blog … Continue reading Organ Donation by Death Row Inmates – Get Ready to Start Hearing More About How it’s “Good” for Everyone →

Long Discussion on Kevorkian and Related Topics with Stephen Hand

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On Saturday Morning, I was a guest of Stephen Hand on his show on blogtalkradio.  It was a long discussion that covered topics such as the recent positive media attention being given to Jack Kevorkian, mostly being stage-managed by HBO and CNN, which are both properties of Time-Warner.  We also talked about Peter Singer, bioethics … Continue reading Long Discussion on Kevorkian and Related Topics with Stephen Hand →

CNN’s Sanjay Gupta Fawns Over Kevorkian in Pre-HBO Documentary PR Blitz

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HBO will be airing a documentary on Kevorkian on June 28th.  It will undoubtedly be a soft and positive take on Kevorkian. This morning, in what was no doubt the first in several media gigs stage-managed by CNN, Sanjay Gupta gives a stunningly shallow and fawning account of a day spent with Kevorkian.  Not that … Continue reading CNN’s Sanjay Gupta Fawns Over Kevorkian in Pre-HBO Documentary PR Blitz →

Ms. Magazine Blogger Praises Kevorkian, Disses People With Disabilities, and Angers Some Feminists With Disabilities

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(Note – I’m still trying to process the briefs in the Pennsylvania Hockenberry case.  No word on the oral arguments yet.  I’m hoping for some reports and/or press coverage by tomorrow.) Last week, I was alerted about a blog entry on the HBO biopic You Don’t Know Jack that was published on the site of … Continue reading Ms. Magazine Blogger Praises Kevorkian, Disses People With Disabilities, and Angers Some Feminists With Disabilities →

Anderson Cooper, CNN and Kevorkian – Advertising Masquerading as Journalism

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I don’t usually watch Anderson Cooper.  His show airs past my bedtime.  But I had assumed he was some kind of journalist.  Maybe he is.  But when I got around to watching the taped segments of his interviews with Kevorkian, they looked more like the kind of softball/cheering squad that Larry King does so well.  … Continue reading Anderson Cooper, CNN and Kevorkian – Advertising Masquerading as Journalism →