Sharyl Attkisson Followed the Science and the Government Followed Her
I would say people are familiar with the notion that Big Media is compromised by Big Pharma because of this relationship where they buy billions of dollars in ads. Now the media avoids covering stories we used to cover routinely about medical scandals. I think people have some idea that Big Pharma compromises are political institutions because they donate tons of money to both political parties in order that they be allowed to write laws and bills, to make certain oversight hearings are not held. But I think people are less familiar and put a lot less focus on the medical establishment’s role—how the medical establishment too has been co-opted by Big Pharma interests in ways that are invisible to most people… We’re talking about scientific studies, medical associations, medical schools, and the continuing medical education classes. And it’s important because I think Americans understand, they’ve been watching for 20 years as we’ve grown sicker and sicker and sicker with chronic epidemics of disease.