Michael Moore is getting lots of press for his soon-to-be-viewed film tossing mud on the healthcare/pharma industry (entitled SiCKO).
I will admit plainly my bias that I do not think highly of this guy. People across the political spectrum (here, here) realize that his approach to things such as, say, facts, really don’t make him a credible spokesman.
Here’s a well-reasoned commentary from the Eye on FDA blog. A slightly different take here, from the Pharmalot blog. And here is a Time magazine interview.
Be prepared for more flak…it’s going to be a long spring/summer of publicly battering the pharma industry. Folks jumping on the bandwagon without much independent thought. Kind of like this…
steve
great video….where can i sign?
ed 🙂
What about the folks bashing the bandwagon without even seeing the movie!
Join my “Moore Don’t Ignore” campaign to force Michael Moore to give us pharma bloggers a free screening of SiCKO before its official release. See http://pharmamkting.blogspot.com/2007/05/mr-moore-dont-ignore-please-invite-me.html