[IMC-Boston-Editorial] Plastic surgery

[Sofia JarrinT]

Hi Jamie,
  It's definitely worth looking into it. Maybe it's a mix of independent  news and "for profit"...  Their articles do look interesting,  though. I think it's was fine to hide this one, personally.  Yes,  and contacting him directly sounds like a good idea. 
  
  cheers,
  Sofia

"visnusdream at juno.com" <visnusdream at juno.com> wrote:  Hi all,
  I'm the one who hid the plastic surgery "article." It was  not an article at all, it was simply a link, with a brief  description, to a recording of an interview with a plastic surgeon  who sells people plastic surgery vacations. I followed the link to the  World podcast website, and I followed the link to the doctor's  organizations website. He was promoting the interview as the top thing  on his company's site. I don't know much about the World  pod-casting folks, but their whole website appeared to be people  self promoting. Some of the books seemed to be political or whatever,  but it was clearly not a news site; its a place to get a message out  about something you are making a profit from. I would love to  read a well researched article about plastic surgery but an interview  with some doctor trying to make a buck is just plain  advertising. Please, someone else follow these links. 
  http://smallworldpodcast.com/?p=295
  http://www.cosmeticvacations.com/
  I think this post also falls under our policy against blog  links without content. Next time I'll just code it as 'empty.' the only  problem is we have not articulated this new policy on the site. 
  I'll be happy to write the person a letter and try to explain the  situation. Just let me know what you guys think. If I was wrong, I'm  wrong. Please, let me know. We have let the World pod-caster folks post  stuff without looking into it, but when I did, I was sorely  disappointed. 
  I wonder if these folks are "for profit." How do things end up  on their site? they have a link to Democracy Now and some other things  that look interesting. If I am wrong about them or if you guys disagree  with my decision, I'll write a letter of apology and re-post the  article. 
  Just let me know how you guys feel.
  Peace,
  Jamie
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