Elsevier, Clumsy, Arrogant, or Greedy
August 14, 2009
TechDirt’s “Elsevier Caught Again: Published Ghost Written, Industry Supporting Articles as Scientific Research” makes the Beyond Search marketing Web log look like a real literary gem. I admit that this Web log is a marketing vehicle. The ads on my Web site promote my Google study. I use AdWords to make a few bucks each month. I sell Search Wizards Speak write ups to anyone who can get a $5 bill into one of my webbed feet. If TechDirt’s information is on target, Elsevier emulates the addled goose but keeps the marketing part quiet, out of sight. TechDirt reported:
Coral Hess notes yet another scandal, once again involving Elsevier’s (now) fake stamp of approval. This time, it involved people hired by certain pharma companies ghostwriting scientific “review” articles that were supposed to give an overview of all the research on certain treatments, but… “emphasized the benefits and de-emphasized the risks” of those treatments. And people wonder why we’re so skeptical about allowing pharma companies to dictate both our healthcare plans and our patent laws…
The addled goose does not deal in information that is a matter of life and death. Elsevier does. Honk.
Stephen Arnold, August 13, 2009
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