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An investigation by the London Observer has found that as many as half of all articles published in medical journals by supposedly independent academics and doctors are actually written by uncredited ghostwriters working for agencies paid by drug companies specifically to promote their products. Industry documents show that articles praising drugs the companies produce are written in advance and doctors are essentially recruited to attach their names to lend credence. A former editorial assistant for the flack industry also reveals it is "standard procedure" to modify Word documents to "remove the names of the medical writing agency...or pharmaceutical company" from the file properties and replace them with those of the credited doctors and institutions, even they "may have had no actual input into the paper." Posted Mon 12/15/2003
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a 350-page report on its yearlong investigation into energy market manipulation by the likes of Enron. The report found companies employed a variety of strategies to artificially inflate prices, beef up their... Posted Thu 03/27/2003
Police in Genoa, Italy have admitted to fabricating evidence against globalization activists in an attempt to justify police brutality during protests at the July 2001 G8 Summit. Posted Mon 01/13/2003
