Sanjay Gupta, dear God in heaven
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009I am still reeling from this news, which I heard in the car on the radio earlier today. I still haven’t recovered, and with this pick (Sanjay Gupta of CNN for Surgeon General), I’m more than disappointed. I’m pissed, I’m sick and I’m all WTF????
I’ve been too busy to read anything all evening, or watch any news, any talking heads. Nothing. This is the first chance I’ve had to sit down, and I’m simply too disturbed by it to even go read. I’m HEARTSICK. It’s not an overreaction.
Medical journalists, even when they have an MD, are rarely anything more than mouthpieces for big pharma. Sanjay Gupta has reported on ECT before, and if it’s possible, his reports were even worse than the norm. That’s pretty f-ing bad.
Most medical journalists are spoonfed information from university researchers (lookie what we’re doing…we’re gonna find a cure for this or that, and we’re so great), from the drug companies and from PR releases. It pains me to say this, but MEDICAL JOURNALISM IS the worst journalism of all.
They can’t criticize anyone or anything, because their sources are those university researchers and drug companies. That’s it, people. If they burn a source, their news dries up. They just rewrite press releases.
The only thing good I can say about Sanjay Gupta is that he’s hot looking. But who cares? I’d rather have an old fat guy with real credentials. The Surgeon General is such an important position, and this is just awful. AWFUL.
Too bad Hillary has already accepted Secretary of State. Katie Couric would have been GREAAAAAATTTT! She’s talked to King Hussein, has traveled all around, and knows how to wear a cute haircut. It makes as much sense.
WTF, OBAMA, WTF?????
I’m ready to just shoot myself. Not really, but I can’t express how horribly disturbed I am. I’ve lost all faith in the president elect. He’s a fucking idiot.



