Thursday, November 09, 2006
Journalistic Ethics
I wasn't going to post anything tonight, having watched the Louisville Cardinals blow a 25-7 lead, sinking their hopes of playing Michigan (Go Blue!) or Ohio State for the national championship. However, as I was skimming the late news before heading of to bed I came across an apparently innocuous article in the Washington Post about the recall of acetaminophen. This article perked my attention because I had just popped two Tylenol Cold Multi-Symptom tablets to fight off this bug that seems to be jumping up on me (the primary ingredient in Tylenol is acetaminophen) so I clicked the link to the article with an accute interest in its contents.
It turns out that much of the store-brand acetaminophen (CVS, Safeway and Food Lion, et al.) is manufactured by a single producer - Perrigo Co. - and Perrigo was recalling their all of their acetaminophen tablets. This recall had absolutely nothing to do with Tylenol, so why is it that I saw this picture accompanying the article:
It turns out that much of the store-brand acetaminophen (CVS, Safeway and Food Lion, et al.) is manufactured by a single producer - Perrigo Co. - and Perrigo was recalling their all of their acetaminophen tablets. This recall had absolutely nothing to do with Tylenol, so why is it that I saw this picture accompanying the article:
Only at the bottom of the small print did it read, "The recall does not affect Tylenol." Now I don't think that there is a basis for a lawsuit here, but Johnson & Johnson would be wise to consider it. I am no fan of MNCs - especially drug dealers - but this is just plain wrong. Ed Bradley never would have participated in such "journalism" and we will truly miss that dignified Black man. May he rest in peace.
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