TAG / CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

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VIOLATIONS

Silence as Policy: How the Columbia Journalism Review Protects Its Own and Abandons the Public

When conflicts of interest in major news coverage were exposed, CJR refused to respond, eroding public trust in media oversight.

VIOLATIONS

WSJ’s Kevin Dugan Lies to Everyone Again—While Broadcasting His Own Misconduct

Freedom exposes Dugan’s ties to an anti-Scientology hate group as he mocks media watchdogs, blocks critics and calls his own posts “BS.”

VIOLATIONS

Gallup Data Shows Media Trust at Record Low as WSJ Reporter Kevin Dugan’s Hidden Bias Emerges

Dugan’s undisclosed ties to an anti-Scientology hate group reveal lapses in Wall Street Journal oversight—and explain why Americans’ trust in newspapers, TV and radio has plummeted to 28 percent.

MENTAL HEALTH

Anita Clayton, Pharma-Backed PSSD Denier, Elevated to Head US Psychiatric Drug Group

Despite notoriously denying antidepressant harms—including devastating Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD)—Anita Clayton is now leading the society that shapes the psychiatric industry’s drug policies.

VIOLATIONS

WSJ Bigot Kevin Dugan’s Hidden Ties to Secret Group Calling to “Destroy Scientology” Revealed

Dugan’s undisclosed collaboration with a clandestine hate group shows his allegiance lies not with journalism, but with bigotry.

DRUGS

Sacklers Hope to Pay $7 Billion to Bury Their Opioid Legacy

Purdue prepares to pay up, leaving unanswered questions about justice, accountability and how hundreds of thousands of lives might have been saved if regulators had acted sooner.

MENTAL HEALTH

FDA Tries to Slam Shut the Revolving Door—After Decades of Industry Capture

From cozy relationships to blockbuster approvals, a new FDA policy promises transparency after decades of industry entanglement. But is it too little, too late?

MENTAL HEALTH

Pfizer-Exec-Turned-FDA-Exec Patrizia Cavazzoni Turns Pfizer Exec Again 

As an FDA executive, Cavazzoni handed Pfizer, her former employer, a record-setting number of approved drugs in one year. And now she’s back. There’s a reason they call it the “revolving door.”

DRUGS

McKinsey Consulting Agrees to Pay $650 Million for Role in Opioid Crisis

According to the DOJ, this is the first time a management consulting firm has been held criminally responsible for advice resulting in the commission of a crime by a client—in this case, Purdue.

VIOLATIONS

Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest Taint Biased Guardian Articles

Paper’s fundraising arm raises millions from pro-drug advocacies. Editor Katharine Viner repays the courtesy with articles slamming life-saving drug rehabilitation.