Dr. Andrew Wakefield Scheduled to Appear on NBC News Programs
Forwarded from our friends at Thoughtful House:
Dear Friends,
As some of you may have already heard, the NBC television network is producing a special on Thoughtful House and Dr. Andrew Wakefield.
We are sending along this note to make you aware of the extent of coverage on various programs and the scheduled broadcast date.
First, though, we thought it was important to help everyone understand our decision to cooperate with the reporter, Matt Lauer, and his producer, Ami Schmitz.
In our estimation, there has not yet been any fair coverage in the mainstream media of Dr. Wakefield or the work of Thoughtful House.
While we have a large community of supporters that know Dr. Wakefield’s credibility and the accomplishments of Thoughtful House and our excellent physicians and clinicians,
including Dr. Bryan Jepson, Dr. Arthur Krigsman, and Kelly Barnhill, CN, CCN, many of us in the Autism Advocacy Community spend most of our time communicating with people in similar situations.
Our challenge has always been to reach out to a greater population that might not know or understand what is happening with regard to the autism epidemic
and the lack of government research into potential causes, which includes looking at vaccine safety.
We thought that if we ever were able to communicate with a fair-minded journalist working at a media outlet with both credibility and reach then it was likely
to be worth the risk trying to tell our story.
To read more click here:
http://www.thoughtfulhouse.org/newsletters/2009-08.pdf Thank you,
Anissa J. Ryland, Director of Operations
Thoughtful House Center for Children
Think Autism. Think Cure. ®
