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| - | == Industry is Blogging These NewsGroups ==
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| - | WARNING: Industry is Blogging These NewsGroups to Protect Their
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| - | To : All participants and readers of sci.med, misc.health.alternative,
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| - | Please be aware that many comments and responses posted to this forum
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| - | the benefits and validity of natural medicine. I refer to these
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| - | individuals broadly as http://cheap-xanax-online-rx.blogspot.com - xanax "Pharma Bloggers" (see footnote). For obvious
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| - | reasons, pharma bloggers on usenet don't promote a specific company or
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| - | product, as might be the case with standard "blogging" on a weblog, but
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| - | there is a common thread between http://www.cheap-phentermine-online.usafreespace.com/buy_phentermine.htm - buy phentermine industry blogging in a web blog and
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| - | industry participation in a newsgroup: both are done under the pretense
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| - | that the poster is not professionally affiliated. Most of these people
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| - | are likely to be associated with a PR project whose "blogging" efforts
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| - | are underwritten anonymously by the media or marketing groups of
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| - | industry. They are not difficult to identify due to specific patterns
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| - | See: http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/2003Q1/monger.html
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| - | See: http://emord.com/stories/cherish.htm
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| - | What to look for while participating in usenet newsgroups:
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| - | 1. Pharma Bloggers on usenet use intimidation, mockery, and insults to
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| - | 2. Pharma Bloggers on usenet attack those who question the
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| - | frequently embedded in pseudo-scientific jargon, but without supporting
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| - | 3. Pharma Bloggers on usenet post the majority of their responses
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| - | simply to bury the comments of others; they also strive obsessively to
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| - | 4. Pharma Bloggers on usenet are much faster at posting than casual
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| - | question, or observation.
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| - | 5. Pharma Bloggers on usenet use multiple "bloggers" in a swap-&-relay
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| - | You will see this tactic used more often than any other.
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| - | 6. Pharma Bloggers on usenet refute numerous quality studies published
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| - | applied in naturopathic healthcare, including nutrient supplementation,
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| - | exercise, stress reduction, biofeedback, accupuncture, accupressure,
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| - | 7. Pharma Bloggers on usenet frequently refer readers to
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| - | and their proponents. Under the guise of "consumer protection," the
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| - | 8. Pharma Bloggers on usenet rely on junk science references to support
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| - | 9. Pharma Bloggers on usenet assert that conventional medicine is
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| - | that claim. Chemotherapy drugs, for instance, are unproven in the
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| - | than thirty years. For most cancer patients, there is no proven
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| - | 10. Pharma Bloggers on usenet ignore iatrogenic studies that show the
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| - | Tip: If you find yourself engaging a poster whose defense of mainstream
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| - | Unfortunately, there are more of these individuals posting to usenet on
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| - | a daily basis than almost anyone else, which is why I am posting this
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| - | alert. If you find it odd that so few people on health-related usenet
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| - | because they aren't there, it's because they have been intimidated into
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| - | * Comment on objections about use of the word "blogging" in this
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| - | BLOGGING AS A MEANS OF "GETTING AROUND THE FILTER" AND PUSHING MESSAGES
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| - | DIRECTLY TO THE PUBLIC [emphasis mine. - Some critics worry that
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| - | Also from Wikipedia:
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| - | While the advent of blogging was preceded by newsgroups, there are more
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| - | Pharma Blogger: An individual who uses the Internet, and Usenet
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| - | THANKS....
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| - | THANKS FOR HELP
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