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Hopefully not going the CBS Evening News route. Big players+Big Money+Big Stakes=decisions made for reasons beyond our power to control or influence. Another thought struck me watching his show yesterday, TV shows live and die on a moment's notice based on ratings, audience share and the like, which directly translate into advertising dollars (obviously), Dr Oz's producers seem to be gearing the shows towards just that, at least until the audience base #'s find their equilibrium. Hence the "not too controversial but broad based appeal" topics like weight loss, boosting metabolism, age of your sex organs, heaviest woman on earth, family grocery shopping challenges, 50 embarrassing health questions, how to lose 10% of one's weight, sweeteners causing weight gain, cures for chronic pain, the real age of your skin, achieving the best orgasm, 7 common health scams, near death experiences, 48 hour cleanse.....
Not much room left for topics like, "a procedure Montel had". I'm just scouring my brain trying to find any way they air this any time soon... I trust big money corporations about as far as can throw them, and they've gone out of their way to prove the sentiment is earned. Not to mention the politics involved.
Not sure how it's going to "help the cause" on a more practical level, raising awareness is a double edged sword, as I've stated before, law of unintended consequences and the like. Forcing insurance companies, universities, hospitals and associates to "state their position" ( which happens naturally when large groups suddenly converge, witness Canada), doesn't always drop the ball in our court, it can also cause said institutions to say NO. They prefer a more circumspect, cadenced approach. The only way they achieve that, is by blanket NO's, then very very slowly opening the spigot and releasing the revenue stream. This battle is going to be very long and protracted, much to the detriment of many an MS sufferer. Which makes word of mouth and the internet all the more powerful, after all, how many remember Amway in the 70's? Seemed like everyone knew someone who was selling overpriced soap.... Why can't we do the same kind of end run around mainstream media? After all, they rarely get it right the first time anyways.
_________________ RRMS Dx'd 2007, first episode 2004. Bilateral stent placement, 3 on left, 1 stent on right, at Stanford August 2009. Watch my operation video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwc6QlLVtko, Virtually symptom free since, no relap
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