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The making of Dr. Oz How an award-winning doctor turned away from science and embraced fame
http://www.vox.com/2015/4/16/8412427/dr-oz-health-claims-snip-
It's a dark and biting March morning on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Lilly is standing outside ABC's brick studio building, waiting to be let in to watch a live taping of Dr. Mehmet Oz's television show.
"I've been here since 7 am," she says.
Though the sun is barely out, her phone is buzzing with text messages from nearly every member of her family all Oz-lovers excited about her peek behind the curtain.
They're not alone. Dr. Oz is arguably the most influential health professional in America. The Dr. Oz Show, which started in 2009, has an average audience of more than 4 million people each day in 118 countries. He has his own magazine (The Good Life) and syndicated columns that have run in the most widely read periodicals in North America. He has radio segments, about a dozen books, and the show's website a go-to resource on medical questions for millions. He has millions of followers on his Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and YouTube accounts, and a starring role on the new medical reality show NY Med. Across all these channels, he preaches the same message: you can take control of your health with simple tricks and natural remedies.
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The making of Dr. Oz How an award-winning doctor turned away from science and embraced fame (Original Post)
LiberalElite
Apr 2015
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demosincebirth
(12,550 posts)1. Greed, usually, precedes fame. Just like most TV evangelists.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)2. Krook. nt
840high
(17,196 posts)3. I like him. Most medical
schools in USA now have courses in nutrition and alternative medicine for their students.
Skittles
(153,261 posts)4. I'm a night worker, really never up during the day
when I couldn't sleep and was flipping channels one day, I remember watching him and thinking, sheesh, what fucking fluff.......his audience of mostly women were constantly clapping like trained seals - very disturbing
catbyte
(34,518 posts)5. I don't know why, but he really creeps me out.
His whole bullshit ARSENIC IN THE APPLE JUICE scare just confirmed to me that he's a menace.