CBS Nukes Wisconsin Quackbuster Assault...
Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen
November 18th, 2003
Who says the national media isn't interested in the attack on
Alternative Medicine? If it was YOU, don't say it any more, because it
just happened in Madison, Wisconsin. And, it wasn't that hard to
accomplish.
I intentionally forgot to mention, in my articles about the War in
Wisconsin, that CBS television was filming our every move in Madison,
Wisconsin's capitol. I also neglected to mention that CBS was
traveling around the State, interviewing top AltMed leaders on camera.
Of course, I kept it to myself that CBS was carefully directed to take
a HARD look at the Quackbuster operation nationwide, including the
dubious National Council Against Health Fraud (NCAHF), the
questionable website www.quackwatch.com, and their relationship with
two card-carrying quackbuster members employed as Wisconsin Department
of Regulation & Licensing (DRL) prosecutors, Arthur Thexton, and James
Polewski.
Why did I keep this quiet? When we've been working on this for months?
I like to surprise the quackbusters. It's good for their psyche.
I have no idea how we could have done all this media filming without
the quackpots catching on. I mean, there were cameras everywhere. CBS
filmed the WHOLE hearing we had in front of the Wisconsin Assembly
Health Committee. CBS interviewers practically beat down DRL's door
trying to interview quackbusters Thexton and Polewski. In typical
quackbuster fashion, they hid from the cameras.
I'm not going to tell you what CBS said. I'm going to send you to
their website, and let you read the broadcast summary of 'It's
Clearly A Witch Hunt' for yourself. But pay close attention to one
quote from the new head of the DRL, Donsia Strong Hill, when she says
"What I inherited were a group of prosecutors who basically had
functioned in the past with very little supervision over them or
direction or even the establishment of priorities," Strong Hill said.
"We certainly have changed that."
When News 3 asked Strong Hill, "You're supervising them more closely?"
She responded, "They are definitely being supervised more closely."
We, the North American Health Freedom Movement, have really only BEGUN
the War in Wisconsin. There is a lot of work to be accomplished. A lot
of things that need to be completed.
And, CBS has just begun their "Investigative Report" on the subject.
Of course we provided CBS with video tape of the cross-examination of
NCAHF president, and hair removal specialist, Robert S. Baratz,
including his tearful testimony, and his physical reaction when
confronted with the reality of his professional career.
I love it when a plan comes together.
Stay tuned...
Tim Bolen - Consumer Advocate