Mehmet Oz has had many years to come up with a defense for his record as a promoter of snake oil. He doesn’t appear to have used that time wisely. (via MaddowBlog)
The reactions to this week’s debate in Pennsylvania between Lt. Gov. John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz fell largely along two lines: Many on the right emphasized the fact that Fetterman has not yet fully recovered from a stroke, while many on the left emphasized Oz’s comments aboutBoth points are accurate and important, but there was an unrelated exchange that stood out for me.
“The show did very well because it provided high-quality information that empowered people,” Dr. Oz said. When the moderator followed up to ask about his own profits, Dr. Oz did not answer directly, saying advertisers were entitled to run commercials during his show. “I never sold weight-loss products as described in those commercials,” he declared. “It’s a television show like this is a television show.
The fact that the first-time candidate characterized a Senate debate as “a television show” was weird, and the fact that Oz insisted that he never sold the products featured in commercials was worse, since thatBut I found myself stuck on the idea that Oz believes his syndicated program, which made him a multi-millionaire, “did very well because it provided high-quality information that empowered people.
But the idea that he peddled “high-quality information” to his viewers is belied by his record. Circling back to our
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