<I would love to see the larger progressive US community made aware of
this egregious example of industry lobbyists influencing our health care
providers and spokespersons to subvert our children's health.
I was thinking "60 Minutes" would be a great place for this story to be
told.>
Or Bill Moyers on PBS? Or Frontline?
Someone recently did a great job of highlighting the huge profit margin
of the pharmaceutical industry in the case of marketing medications in
the US. Maybe some investigative reporter could use this issue to keep
the glaring spotlight on the pharmaceutical industry???
Jean
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Dayton, OH, USA
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Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 17:11:11 EST
From: Nikki Lee <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: activism
Dear Friends:
Tina gave some suggestions for writing about the formula industry
striking back. She listed some websites. Thank you Tina.
I wrote up a short article and sent it to Mother Jones, PBS, and
Michael
Moore. Thank goodness for cutting and pasting.
The more of us that strike while this iron is hot, the better our
chances
to make a big difference to our babies!
Go for it, ladies!
warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CIMI, CCE, craniosacral therapy
Adjunct faculty, Union Institute and University, Maternal and Child
Health:
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Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 18:14:02 EST
From: [log in to unmask]
Subject: HHS Letters
In a message dated 11/20/2003 4:45:26 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:
I am uncertain if I should have already sent a =
letter, should be waiting to write a letter, or should find a group to =
join together with and add my name to a group letter! HELP!
I vote yes to all the above.
Debbie Tobin
RN BSN IBCLC LCCE
LCAGW Co-VP
Springfield, Virginia USA
In the Fairfax County suburbs outside the Washington DC beltway
www.BestBreastfeeding.Info
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Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 19:56:23 +1000
From: Virginia <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: sales reps
Thank you, Anna, for the specifics about the training of company reps =
and *how* they are able to present as "nice people". I have heard the =
"nice people" description even from some of the most intelligent and =
supposedly canny people in health care, who just don't see what's =
hitting them. You've described how opinion leaders are targeted, =
analysed and lulled, and of course busy, trusting, caring people working
=
at the coalface are also very vulnerable to skilfully targeted =
approaches. Neither realises that s/he has been manifpulated.
Virginia
On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 Anna Swisher wrote:
> .... just had to second Virginia's cogent and very accurate =
observation ....
>I spent over 11 years, pre-children, working for one of THE biggest =
Fortune500 co. in marketing, selling high-tech communications and data =
'stuff' to businesses. Marketing to corporate accounts is HUGE $$--.... =
My former co. spent thousands of dollars training reps in highly =
sophisticated sales techniques, for weeks at a time .... including =
understanding the specific industry, very technical training, corporate =
structure,
>"positioning," reaching the highest decision maker, overcoming =
objections
>and discrediting 'gatekeepers,' volunteering in community venues where =
we would work with our customers as individuals, etc. There was =
profound unwritten pressure to live in the same neighborhoods of the =
customer
"decision makers" and frequent the same country clubs, private clubs,
schools, associations, etc.=20
>.... we could go into a company, identify each contact's personality, =
and give that person what they wanted (and would respond positively to) =
in terms of what we said, how we said it, how we acted, spoke, dressed =
and presented
the products.
>.... it is essentially sanitized prostitution, and not beneficent. =
It's ALL about $$ for the company
(preferably this quarter), never, never, never, never, about what is =
truly in the customer's best interests, or good for society or our =
world.
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Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 15:21:50 -0800
From: Tina Kimmel <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Bf awareness campaign being squelched, was tell everyone you
know in the USA
Yes! To contact 60 Minutes, it looks like you use=20
the "Feedback" link at the bottom of=20
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/60minutes/main3415.shtml,=20
or snail-mail or voice-mail them at
60 Minutes
524 West 57th St.
New York, NY 10019
(212) 975-3247
At 4:07 PM -0800 11/20/03, sally myer wrote:
>
>I was thinking "60 Minutes" would be a great place for this story to be
tol=
d.
Tina
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PhD Program, UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare
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