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Dear friend ,

IMHO I do agree with Rita criticisms since Parade's article as the majority of
the midia and press in general ( such as was given recently in the Times ) gives
a distorted view of the real problems of PD . This contributes to the up to
present uneducated view of the problem  by the general public that is not
certanily the case in other deseases as for instance the Aids , etc.

Perhaps in part that is due to fact that the midia to tends to the side of
sensacioalism.

Regards ,

Parkinson's Disease Foundation wrote:

> ListFriends:
>
> Rita Weeks' criticisms of the Parade piece are important and defensible.  But
> I would offer a respectful counter-opinion, as a long-time student of media
> (and, I'm afraid, practitioner of PR).
>
> Different articles and different news media do different things.  Parade is
> basically a tabloid-style publication.  It's not the Los Angeles Times, not
> the McNeil Lehrer report, not the science desk at the AP.   It is highly
> unlikely that a piece in Parade--even one authored, as this one was, by a
> genuine expert like Earl Ubell (heavily edited though it was)--will have much
> to say to a person as informed and well educated as Ms. Weeks (or for that
> matter anyone else on our wonderful Toronto ListServ).  What is DOES do is
> flash in front of LESS-well educated (and much more numerous!) readers the
> simple message that "Parkinson's science and therapy is on the move" and
> important things are being done.  This in turn feeds into the political
> process, giving people the sense that PD science is a "good" investment.  And
> this is kind of thing is invaluable to the Parkinson's community.
>
> Just my opinion.  I would be interested in others ...
>
> robin elliott, executive director, parkinsons disease foundation

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