Followup – DutchNews.nl Corrects Errors in Euthanasia Story While Associated Press Ignores Its Errors

November 21, 2011assisted suicide, Associated Press, corrections, DutchNews.nl, euthanasia, journalistic ethics, media issues, misinformation, Netherlands, Our News & Commentary BlogStephen Drake

…erroneous information to use the corrective, too. For corrections on live, online stories, we overwrite the previous version. We send separate corrective stories online as warranted. Great statement. The trouble is, it’s only as good if the organization actually follows the stated value and doesn’t just treat it as ethical windowdressing. The latter seems to the case at the AP. First of all, I had to go through at least four different people befor…

Diane Coleman Counters Support for Assisted Suicide with Reality Check in Her Hometown Paper

October 26, 2011assisted suicide, kalamazoo, Kevorkian, margaret dore, media coverage, michigan, Our News & Commentary BlogStephen Drake

…icide. The three editorials can be viewed in their entirety in the paper’s online archive. They serve to remind us how little accurate information about the issue is out there in the mainstream media. The first opinion writer pointed out that Jack Kevorkian was arrested many times and found not guilty “until 1997, when the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional for people who could not take their own life to be helped along the way. However, thos…

Media Alert – Looks Like “Dr. Oz” Is Planning Slanted Show on Assisted Suicide

October 18, 2011assisted suicide, barbara coombs lee, Dr. Oz, ira byock, keith ablow, media coverage, media issues, Our News & Commentary Blog, right to dieStephen Drake

…which the producer assured us was forwarded to the person in charge of the online surveys. I suspect that Dr. Oz, if confronted with the sloppiness, would throw some staffperson under the bus. But it’s all under his name and I’m sure he’s made it clear just how much detail they need to bother with – which in this case is not much. The link to the “survey” is here. Please feel free to fill it out and leave comments. Maybe they’ll even read them. Th…

GREAT NEWS: Diane Coleman Transitioning to New Role as CEO of Not Dead Yet in August

July 28, 2011announcement, assisted suicide, center for disability rights, diane coleman, disability rights, discrimination, euthanasia, Not Dead Yet, Our News & Commentary Blog, policyStephen Drake

…fford only one staff member – me – to write NDY’s blog, maintain a general online presence and handle the bulk of NDY-related media work. The complex politics of the assisted suicide issue placed serious limits on its financial resources. NDY’s initial concerns focused on the disability discrimination inherent in a society which labels some suicides as tragedies to be prevented, and others as “death with dignity” to be assisted, while denying peop…

Please Support Not Dead Yet With a Year-End Donation

December 29, 2010activism, advocacy, assisted suicide, Back Door Euthanasia, donations, Not Dead Yet, Our News & Commentary BlogStephen Drake

…or anything else. Not Dead Yet hasn’t had the cash to issue press releases online, to travel to venues where we can organize and/or educate others or to engage in many forms of advocacy and activism that just can’t be done without cash. While the debate over assisted suicide is often presented as a choice between the right to self determination on the one hand, and a strict, religious based “right to life” on the other, NDY’s analysis takes an ent…