Website accuses Jennifer Ashton & CBS Early Show of bias on mammography “debate”

Title: Website accuses Jennifer Ashton & CBS Early Show of bias on mammography “debate”

Author: Gary Schwitzer

Publication: Gary Schwitzer’s HealthNewsReview Blog

Publication Date: July 27, 2011

The CBS Early Show, saying it was “looking for clarity” on the mammography debate after the American College of Ob-Gyn statement last week, turned to “medical correspondent” Dr. Jennifer Ashton, who appeared in the studio with Nancy Brinker of the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

Now, the Komen Foundation has a one-sided view of the mammography debate (entirely pro-screening) – one not shared by all breast cancer advocacy organizations – e.g., Breast Cancer Action or the National Breast Cancer Coalition. So there’s a bias there.

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