On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 6:23 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote:
>> If Pinsky claimed he was doing treatment I believe the issue of patient >> confidentiality would kick in. > > > Right - that is one of my concerns (there are a couple of others). But I > noticed that in Pinsky's quotes today he says something like "McCready" has > not been in treatment with me for a while" - which seemed to imply that she > had been in treatment with him at some time in the past - presumably when > she was on his show? His reality shows were called "Celebrity Rehab," not "Celebrity Coffee Talk With A Guy Who Is Coincidentally A Doctor." There is no doubt to any reasonable mind that the victims were patients seeking treatment, not merely guests on a talk show. Pinsky took advantage of people with serious problems, convincing them the solutions were to be found on a television series. I watched one episode years ago with my sister, against my better judgement, and when I asked her why she watched it, her reply was (paraphrasing), "Because I cannot believe how messed up these people are." The show was akin to a carnival freakshow with Pinsky as the barker luring people inside the tent to gawk at the weirdos. To respond to Pgage's comment about the percentage of victims not being relevant, I agree and think we can backcheck the archives of this message board to see I have been against Pinsky's tactics from murder one. It is his methods (put people on TV, ostensibly to help them, despite any evidence that national exposure of addiction leads to a cure) that I find sinister. I call him a murderer because assuming his degree is genuine, he had to know a television show such as the one he did was going to cause harm. From the innocuous (by today's standard) Jenny Jones case to the guy with the Golden Throat to any of the others whose issues were thrust into the spotlight, TV is not the cure for anything. Dorner, the former LAPD lunatic, killed fewer people than Pinsky, yet the cops burned Dorner alive in Big Bear while Pinsky roams free ... and phones into chat shows. Pinsky is the one who should be holed up in a musty cabin with no power, heat, or water, being hunted by law enforcement. Hyperbole? Maybe, but the man should never be allowed to kill again. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
