tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post6780263752948230918..comments2024-03-28T04:04:03.006-07:00Comments on Paying attention: How did Big Pharma win Round One?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-13110256841951103952008-06-21T09:50:00.000-07:002008-06-21T09:50:00.000-07:00Thanks PaulThis is, indeed, interesting because it...Thanks Paul<BR/><BR/>This is, indeed, interesting because it looks like the initial media coverage was generally solid. <BR/><BR/>Putting Anon-above's point into the mix, I think it is also worth considering the role the June 4th Astroturfing played. <BR/><BR/>Definitely something worth exploring more given that it seems to be the way in which public policy changes are initiated these days (ie. will we soon see some sort of 'blue ribbon' panel on, say, harm reduction or perhaps even nuclear power?).<BR/><BR/><BR/>____<BR/>Mr. W. - sent you an Email to your TC account....<BR/><BR/>.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-85309282406739848202008-06-20T11:25:00.000-07:002008-06-20T11:25:00.000-07:00WP asks: "Who was on the review panel?" More impor...WP asks: <I>"Who was on the review panel?"</I> More importantly: How was the panel selected, why and by who?<BR/><BR/>You'll need to go back and take a look at the newspapers and ministry press releases from when the review panel was initially announced.<BR/><BR/>iirc, There was a howl from those who took the time to look at the backgrounds of members of the review panel.<BR/><BR/>This is just another one of Gordo's old trick of putting together some form of panel, committee, or super group stacked with those who will support his point of view, then saying: 'the expert group said this is the way, so we gotta do it'.<BR/><BR/>Remember how the corporate media mindlessly were mouthing off about "structural deficits"? That came from a group Gordo handpicked (BC Progress Board)... Today you won't find a single right thinking individual (especially those on today's BC Progress Board) who will admit to supporting the "structural deficit" theory. BUT the propoganda worked at the time - and that's what counts in politics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com