What Was Behind The Recent Attack on Dr Oz at a hearing on weight loss scams in front of the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance, chaired by Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO)? The Consumerist wrote: Missouri Senator McCaskill went straight for Dr. Oz’s jugular in her opening remarks on this morning’s hearing about the false and deceptive advertising of weight-loss products. “When you feature a product on your show, it creates what has become known as ‘Oz Effect,’ dramatically boosting sales and driving scam artists to pop up overnight using false and deceptive ads to sell questionable products,” the Senator explained. “I’m concerned that you are melding medical advice, news and entertainment in a way that harms consumers.” (NaturalNews) The pieces of the puzzle are finally coming together on McCaskills bizarre attack aimed at Doctor Oz. In a scathing Senate hearing exchange, she all but accused Doctor Oz of peddling quack weight loss products -- even though Oz actually runs a very meticulous, science-based operation where dietary supplements are heavily researched before being recommended to the public. Now Natural News has learned that Sen. McCaskill received over $146,000 in campaign contributions from one of the largest pharmaceutical retailers in North America. According to campaign contribution data published at OpenSecrets.org, prescription drug mega-retailer Express Scripts gave McCaskill over $109,000 in campaign contributions, most of which was routed through lobbyist groups or PACs. (1) Sen. McCaskill also accepted over $37,000 from Monsanto, based in her home state of Missouri, widely regarded to be the most evil corporation in the world and an enemy of sustainable food production, heirloom seeds and traditional American farming methods. Strangely, McCaskill also received over $32,000 from Google, Inc., and another $29,000 from Comcast. In contrast, Doctor Oz receives no money whatsoever from recommending natural dietary supplements on his show. In fact, he goes out of his way to halt dietary supplement companies from using his name to promote such products. Oz is the one operating in integrity here, while McCaskill is hiding her financial conflicts of interest. (Is anyone surprised?) Blatant conflicts of interest kept hidden by Sen. McCaskill Although these campaign contributions from a major drug retailer clearly present serious conflicts of interest with her line of questioning Doctor Oz, she failed to disclose these conflicts of interest in her conversation. Instead, she intentionally tried to make Doctor Oz look like a bad guy for recommending natural weight loss supplements (which he doesnt even sell, by the way) while in truth, McCaskill was merely working to eliminate the competition of her largest campaign contributors. Learn more: naturalnews/045619_senator_mccaskill_campaign_contributions_pharma_money.html#ixzz35irfZAkh
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 06:10:34 +0000
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