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In reply to the discussion: Half of Dr. Oz’s medical advice is baseless or wrong, study says [View all]nichomachus
(12,754 posts)32. She spent her time foisting quacks on her audience
which was only to willing to gobble them up.
Dr. Oz is one.
Dr. Phil is another
Then she convinced people that she was a literary expert. Her blessing could send a book's sales into the stratosphere, even if the book was shit, which many of them were.
She was a competent actress who turned herself into an "arbiter" of science, psychology, and literature -- which she definitely was not. But, the American people have always had a love affair with charlatans.
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Half of Dr. Oz’s medical advice is baseless or wrong, study says [View all]
mahatmakanejeeves
Dec 2014
OP
He goes out of his way to avoid mentioning brands and always, always issues that caveat I mentioned.
MADem
Dec 2014
#41
I have been forced to watch it (owing to the company I keep and I won't be rude and gripe
MADem
Dec 2014
#74
"Truth is you would have to have a deep knowledge of quantum physics to even begin to understand"
Thor_MN
Dec 2014
#79
But she also spent time promoting Obama during his first run for president. n/t
RebelOne
Dec 2014
#62
falsely claiming to have some special knowledge/wisdom that they use to exploit others.
AlbertCat
Dec 2014
#45
To put it in perspective, most campaign blather is baseless and wrong. And affects everyone.
djean111
Dec 2014
#7
And "real doctors" regularly put people on antibiotics for minor viral infections.
tridim
Dec 2014
#18
people bitch, moan and flap around until the "real doctor" gives them what they want....
paleotn
Dec 2014
#27
These medical experts shouldn't allow patients to prescribe serious medications for themselves.
tridim
Dec 2014
#28
It has a lot to do with nothing, i have found good and valuable information on his
Thinkingabout
Dec 2014
#12
You and I have discussed this previously, and IIRC we're more or less on the same page
Orrex
Dec 2014
#46
Not sensible and very very annoying the way the ads pop up all over the place
oldandhappy
Dec 2014
#21
Absurd that he didn't research Medline, Zynx or another evidence-based-medicine reference ...
Scuba
Dec 2014
#30
He'll use the FOX "News" defense that it's okay to lie to millions of people.
Spitfire of ATJ
Dec 2014
#33
"I wish he would speak in complete sentences more often than not, but other than that..."
Iggo
Dec 2014
#67
What is the average percent of medical advice doled out by doctors that turns out
pnwmom
Dec 2014
#44
All this talk just shows more evidence that Americans don't give a shit about ethics
AZ Progressive
Dec 2014
#77