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The pharmaceutical industry looks to novels to spread propaganda
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Oct 17, 2005 12:54pm |
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| News Date | Monday, October 17, 2005 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Posted 12:16 pm | Printer Friendly
I realize this is an era for more creative forms of political propaganda. The president can't even talk to troops during a war without turning the event into an infomercial.
But when the pharmaceutical industry gets involved in commissioning a novel to scare Americans, you know things have gotten out of hand.
"In a tale worthy of a zany Washington satire — except for the lamentable fact that it's true — the rich and powerful pharmaceutical lobby secretly commissioned a thriller novel whose aim was to scare the living daylights out of folks who might want to buy cheap drugs from Canada.
When the project fell through in July, I'm told the drug lobby offered $100,000 to the co-authors and publisher in a vain effort to sweep it under the rug. […]
"This is the most outrageous example of deception and duplicity on the part of a Washington lobby in the history of the country," said Capitol Hill denizen Jeff Weaver, chief of staff to Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a diehard foe of the pharmaceutical industry."
A multibillion industry, who already gets subsidies from the government, is so worried about reimportation that it would secretly commission pop fiction? Sad. Very sad.
Lloyd Grove explained that a DC divorce lawyer came up with the idea and approach Phoenix Books about the project. The publisher struck a six-figure deal and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, which is trying to distance itself from the whole thing, made at least one payment to Phoenix Books. |
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