Quoting Case <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [Platt] > No, it's not a question of "being bothered." It's a question of truth and > accuracy in journalism. I was let to believe by Jos Laycock that the > Independent held a high reputation in Britain for professional journalism. > So when I read in the head and first paragraph that the NHS was responsible > for the problem, I quite rightly took it to be true. Now I am being told it > wasn't true, and it was my fault to believe that it was. Now I don't know > where you get your ideas for "critical thinking skills," but it seems that > truth is not high on the list. > > I've grown accustomed to these personal attacks from the holier than thou > crowd who inhabit academia. But I rest easy, especially in the knowledge of > the outrageous shameful behavior of some 80 odd academics in the Duke rape > case. > > [Case] > So Jos praises the publication for effectively communicating to the British > public and you are bent out of shape because it doesn't communicate to > someone who is not British. You might as well criticize Le Monde for > insisting on publishing in French.
When the British coroner accuses the NHS of "a gross failure to provide basic medical attention," there's no problem in communication. Whatever problem one finds in this thread comes from Ant McWatt blaming a private company nurse working under NHS auspices for the woman's death when in fact a NHS hospital failed to diagnose the woman's illness on two previous visits. I found the most accurate version of the story in terms of journalistic professionalism and accuracy from the Scotsman newspaper whose headline was: "Coroner Slams 'Failures' That Led to Woman's Death" Followed by the lead sentence; "A woman's life could have been saved on at least two occasions but for a "gross failure to provide basic medical attention" by hospital staff and an out-of-hours primary care service, an inquest found yesterday." Incidentally, the Scotsman cites a number of other NHS failures which I'll gladly share if need be. ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
