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Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

“Seeing Eye Horse” – Good Morning America Segment on Non-Canine Service Animals Misses Key Issues

Good Morning America’s segment today on non-canine service animals was a classic oversimplification of a complex story that makes one of the most common media mistakes: it focuses on the quirk without getting into any of the serious issues involved.

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

A Nation Obsessed With Jade Goody’s Cervical Cancer But Not Mentioning Why She’s Dying From It

The media is obsessed with Jade Goody, who is dying on television at the age of 27 from stage 4 cervical cancer. But most coverage misses the real story, and an opportunity to educate women.

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Doctors took her cells without asking. Those cells never died. They launched a medical revolution and a multimillion-dollar industry. More than twenty years later, her children found out. Their lives would never be the same.

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