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Podcast: ACSH Science Dispatch
Episode: Charging Doctors With Manslaughter; Science Journalists As Paid Political Hacks
Description: In the wake of hurricane Katrina in 2005, a physician was charged with manslaughter for administering morphine and another drug to patients who couldn't leave the hospital during the disaster. Was she alleviating their pain and anxiety or trying to kill them? Many news outlets are paid to slant their science coverage. How did that happen?