SCREW YOU, HE EXPLAINED

Okay, they asked for it. We’re going to put up PHRMA’s ad anyway as soon as we get it – and take nothing in return. Screw the money. I’m not going to be brow-beaten by the usual combination of gotcha journalists and left-wing thought police. The point of the ads was to provide intelligent people, i.e. my beloved readers, a way to link to sites that actually give real information about the issue of pharmaceuticals instead of the thinly veiled liberal propaganda doled out by the mainstream press. PHRMA usually pays through the teeth for these ads, which is why they offered us a modest sum. I’m quite happy to forgo the money, but not the principle. We should get the ad copy soon and post it as soon as we get it. In the meantime, tell Salon and Inside where to get off by visiting these sites for yourself. Here’s one. And here’s