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When Journalists Get Too Cozy with the Drug Industry

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Aslı TUNÇ In the midst of the swine flu epidemic caused by H1N1 influenza virus, Novartis, a Swiss-based pharmaceutical company, invited a coterie of Turkish journalists to South Africa. The journalists from the dailies, Hürriyet, Radikal and Zaman enjoyed the “hospitality” of the drug company for three days in November. As ordinary readers we learned … Devamını oku

Sad ironies of our lives

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Media Major Who would have thought that Doğan Media Group (DMG) which was an easy target for criticism because of their poor standards of journalism, lack of professional ethics, close links with the political establishment and their anti-union attitude for years would turn into a defender of press freedom? Well, we, as Turkish citizens can … Devamını oku