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
Sometimes I think I’ve lost the capacity to be surprised by new developments. I tend to think I’ve grown so jaded that nothing that comes up can really surprise me. I think that in spite of the fact that I do get surprised on occasion. This week’s collision with surrealism came in the form of … Continue reading The “Right to Die” Expands Into New Territory
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
Caveat: I haven’t seen the HBO “docudrama” You Don’t Know Jack yet, but the many reviews I’ve read, along with the info on the HBO site devoted to the film, are painting a pretty clear picture – namely, that people who watch this movie probably won’t know Jack Kevorkian at all. I grew increasingly suspicious … Continue reading HBO Is Making Sure We Don’t Know Jack About Jack Kevorkian
I’ve probably revisited the struggle over the life of Terri Schiavo in a backwards fashion. I – like other disability rights advocates and activists – have a good memory and were deeply involved in the efforts to stop the removal of Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube. What that means is that our memory of the struggle … Continue reading Fifth Anniversary of Terri Schiavo’s Death – A History Lesson
