The promotional tour of Kevorkian – with his new and improved “packaging” – continues on CNN. According to the CNN site, he’ll be appearing on Larry King Live on Friday, June 18th. This should be real nausea-inducing. Why would I think that? Well, for starters, Larry is the “King” of softball interviews and it’s why … Continue reading Next on the Kevorkian Promotional Tour: Larry King Live
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
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
About three months ago, I commented on an essay in Newsweek by a veterinary oncologist who, among other things, said that “pet owners routinely rack up $10,000 bills” to save the lives of their pets. As I said at the time, that vet doesn’t service pets and their owners in my neighborhood, where few of … Continue reading Poll: Finances Dominate Medical Decisions When it Comes to Our Pets
On Monday, June 7, the Baltimore Sun published a commentary by Jerry Dincin, the current president of the Final Exit Network (FEN). You never know what a FEN member is going to write – sometimes they make it sound like they only deal with “terminally ill” people, sometimes they claim to give only “advice,” – … Continue reading Maryland: New Factually-Impaired Op-Ed from Final Exit Network – and My Response
