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Jane Pauley Sues the NYT for Duping Her into an Advertorial
Jane Pauley is suing the New York Times for fraud. Pauley claims that the paper misled her an interview where she discussed her struggles with bipolar disorder for what turned out to be a pharmeceutical company-funded advertisement. In the lawsuit filed Tuesday seeking unspecified damages, Pauley charges that the Times interviewed her last fall for what she believed was a news article on mental health issues. The interview came out in October as part of a "special advertising supplement" (complete with a full-page photo of Pauley) that was funded by Eli Lilly and other drug companies. Smoking Gun has a copy of the lawsuit, here.
The newspapers, media, big pharma, and the gov't are on the same side. Pauley should know that. When big pharma needs endorsements, the NY Times 'dupes' Pauley. When the gov't needs phone records, they contact Verizon. When the gov't does not approve of books like "America Deceived", they contact Amazon and Wiki. When Halliburton (and KBR) need money, the gov't hands over no-bid contracts. Isn't this the same NY Times that squashed International Prison stories for a year? Pauley is too intelligent (and an insider) to not know this would happen.
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Final link (before Google Books caves to pressure and drops the title):
http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?&isbn=0-595-38523-0