Comments on: Horse thieving, train robbing and medical ghostwriting https://ethicalnag.org/2009/09/05/horse-thief/ Marketing Ethics for the Easily Swayed Fri, 26 Aug 2016 00:40:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: PhDave https://ethicalnag.org/2009/09/05/horse-thief/comment-page-1/#comment-10848 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:13:57 +0000 http://carolynthomas.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-10848 Dr. Sherwin’s laughably preposterous spin on being publicly exposed? “Turns out that it was a drug company who was paying my ghostwriters!”

There is simply no way that academics like Sherwin are not perfectly aware of who is funding/writing the article they are signing their names to. Did she not notice that she didn’t actually do the writing herself? This paper suddenly arrives on her desk ready for submission to a medical journal all by magic one day? Looks good on her CV, one more published paper, thank you very much Big Pharma!

She and all other academics who participate in these frauds should face legal charges and be immediately fired from their Ivory Tower positions. Just don’t insult us by now insisting that you had no idea that Big Pharma paid your ghostwriter to do the work you claim to do.

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]]> By: Rand https://ethicalnag.org/2009/09/05/horse-thief/comment-page-1/#comment-984 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:23:34 +0000 http://carolynthomas.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-984 I really liked your website! Good stuff here on PR spin. Thank you.

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]]> By: Ti-Jean https://ethicalnag.org/2009/09/05/horse-thief/comment-page-1/#comment-905 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:20:52 +0000 http://carolynthomas.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-905 Hi Carolyn, I too have a couple horse thieves in my family history. Maybe it’s time to just put a more positive “spin” on that history —- like drug companies and PR firms know how to do… 😉

I really enjoy your essays here. Once again, you are ‘bang on’ the truth.

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]]> By: Syl https://ethicalnag.org/2009/09/05/horse-thief/comment-page-1/#comment-348 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:03:38 +0000 http://carolynthomas.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-348 Brilliant example here – shows how it can be done. Sort of truthfully…

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]]> By: Bill and Maree https://ethicalnag.org/2009/09/05/horse-thief/comment-page-1/#comment-204 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:14:55 +0000 http://carolynthomas.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-204 HOw to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear – tainted medical research has this skill down pat!

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]]> By: Paul Dashe https://ethicalnag.org/2009/09/05/horse-thief/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:52:36 +0000 http://carolynthomas.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-183 This story is a great example of twisting the truth to make it more palatable. Just leave out some of the bad stuff, beef up the good stuff – not EXACTLY a lie, right? Well done – thanks so much. I’ve just subscribed to this site. You do good work here.

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