Fans Not Happy With Dr. Sanjay Gupta

[monmouth]

This is just a small excerpt. To read the entire article go to www.cnn.com


Some comments from regular readers of Dr. Sanjay Gupta's blog on CNN, where he attempted to defend his record after his showdown with Michael Moore on Larry King Live.

james in Toronto, 2:19 PM ET

You guys have a problem with your health care and only Michael Moore is doing something about it. Arguing over facts and figures is not the way. That's just missing the point.

For a country that calls itself a "superpower", you sure have a lot of stupid people in office. you have a war you shouldn't be in and that you started. You have a health care system that no one seems to want to fix... and those that do are getting lambasted. You have areas of your country ravaged by global warming (which you say doesn't even exist) that are still not repaired. You have a drug problem that's been spiraling out of control... you have crazy people shooting up your schools with guns which you allow them to have... you have a government that is working for it's own gain and not the peoples.

I am SO glad I'm not an American.


Bonnie, 2:15 PM ET

Sanjay - I really admire you and am always interested in your experienced and compassionate reporting. Buuut.... I really think you're mis-focused on the Michael Moore/Sicko conversation.

Why? 1) Using the word "fudged" was a really high-impact mistake, and an apology for CNN's fact-check error that led you to use this word is really not adequate to balance the huge ripple-effect that occurs from this. I've seen this happen to Moore repeatedly and keep rolling, despite the integrity of the corroboration he puts on his web site! I'd really like to see CNN offer not just a quick technical correction to their fact error but a bigger commentary that includes pointing out the integrity of at least 98% of his facts (and certainly his 99% fidelity to the "working man's concerns" and the basic spirit of truth).

2) Please, Sanjay - use of President Bush's reports are not "cherry picking." Please don't continue this argument, give him his due for choosing this as his primary source rather than the BBC source, and is it really a substantive difference and worth mentioning, raising doubts, and distracting the audience with this??

3) Higher taxes - CNN, help us out here - - how much higher would our taxes be, and what would we get in return? Keep your focus on the big picture, don't be as worried about cherry picking as nit-picking. Stay on point.

4)Let's distinguish between personal heroism (your noble actions) and the bigger points (where thousands of lives are in the balance)of the Iraq & health care debates. You are a gentleman & a scholar, Sanjay, but as a CNN reporter we need you to be responsible in reporting the BIG picture with more accuracy. Please.

5) I have to tel you - the question comes up in my mind, "why should I have to pay for health care for someone who doesn't work?" - - this is what's behind the delay in national health care and should be addressed directly. I felt this way until I read the Dr. Jonas Salk quote re: (roughly) "We don't patent (or own, or profit from, or sell) the sun, so why should we own, sell, hoard, and profit from medicine that is just as basic to people's survival?"

I do now see that universal health care is the responsibility of a modern wealthy government, a government fund that has been funded with the sweat of so, so many over-worked and under-compensated working folks.

Thanks for listening, Sanjay. Show us what you're made of - we're watching and listening....

Warmest Regards, Bonnie C./Glen Mills PA


Anonymous, 2:14 PM ET

[Crunchy Frog]

1. Hard to find from that link. Here's the direct blog link.

http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/blogs/paging.dr.gupta/2007/07/my-conversation-with-michael-moore.html

[Daphne08]

6. Thank you. n/t

[monmouth]

12. Sorry, I should have put the whole link in, thank you.

[Dinger]

2. Good. Thanks For Posting.

I'll check it out.

[Generic Brad]

3. Dr. Sanjay Gupta has actual fans?

Who knew? :shrug:

[BigBearJohn]

4. My brother went to Monmouth College... did you? (just curious)

[flyarm]

7. i went to Monmouth college!! now UNIV!!..EOM

[monmouth]

11. Sorry, went to Farleigh, Madison campus...

[Alexander]

5. I predict Gupta will be staying off the air for the duration.

He's certainly not helping his cause.

[PBass]

8. The second comment really hits some good points...

The word "fudge" means cheat or exagerate. MM did not "fudge the facts".

Also, Gupta accuses MM of "cherrypicking" the facts because he cites Bush's own data. But you don't "cherrypick" when citing facts from unfriendly sources, you "cherrypick" from sources that are on your side.

[fujiyama]

9. Gupta was a real disappointment

I really used to respect him, and from what I've heard he's actually a dem (albeit seemingly a very moderate one).

But the the night he was just a hack protecting his own interests. The sad thing is, I think he knows better. It was a pathetic performance - basically nitpicking and bringing up tired canards about wait lists in Canada while the indisputable fact is that here in the US, 47 million just don't have any health insurance.

[IndianaGreen]

10. Isn't Gupta's half-hour show sponsored by Big Pharma?

I thought Michael Moore made mince meat out of Wolfie and Gupta.