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"Harry Krause" wrote in message ... Whatever happened to our respect for privacy in this country? I'm referring to the struggles of Randy McCloy Jr., the miner who was rescued from that mine explosion in West Virginia, but is in serious shape in the hospital. Certainly the public wants to know and is entitled to know that he is alive and in treatment, but hardly an hour goes by without more intimate details of his condition being announced. What's next? Displaying the contents of his bedpan? It's enough to know that the guy got out alive. If he recovers, maybe we'll get a wave from him on TV. But these damned incessant and intrusive news reports and interviews...enough already! Blame it on all media, right, left, up, down. The public is not crying out for information, it is the media that is bugging the family and the hospital for the information. So, call ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX, NBC, AP, UPI, Reuters.... and tell them to leave the guy alone. |
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According to medical record confidentiality laws (HIPAA I think) passed in
the last couple of years someone in the family had to give written permission for his medical condition to be released to the media. "Harry Krause" wrote in message . .. Bert Robbins wrote: "Harry Krause" wrote in message ... Whatever happened to our respect for privacy in this country? I'm referring to the struggles of Randy McCloy Jr., the miner who was rescued from that mine explosion in West Virginia, but is in serious shape in the hospital. Certainly the public wants to know and is entitled to know that he is alive and in treatment, but hardly an hour goes by without more intimate details of his condition being announced. What's next? Displaying the contents of his bedpan? It's enough to know that the guy got out alive. If he recovers, maybe we'll get a wave from him on TV. But these damned incessant and intrusive news reports and interviews...enough already! Blame it on all media, right, left, up, down. The public is not crying out for information, it is the media that is bugging the family and the hospital for the information. So, call ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX, NBC, AP, UPI, Reuters.... and tell them to leave the guy alone. I only disagree with your posit at the point where you say the public is not crying out for info. TV especially is filled with exploitative media 24-7, and only some of it is "news" oriented programming. The public seems to have a huge appetite for such information, and the media feeds that appetite. And, of course, as you say, the media is to blame, too. I just wish someone in the fella's family would have said, hey, it's none of your damned business. And I fault the doctors, too. One would think they'd need permission for all the damned news conferences. |
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