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Most journalist are faced with offers from various industry interests to receive gifts or other compensation to write articles, or blogs which show that industry in a favorable light and we all know that Google advertising is available to whoever is able to pay for it.

I agree it is not "evil" to blog ones own opinion but as a journalist and editor of a health related news website I find it really interesting that Turner is so blatant about letting the world know that her opinion is for sale to the highest bidder.

She knows where the money is and does not even suggest that a few million individuals who have suffered because of the state of the health care industry in this country buy advertising on Google to present their side of the story.

Instead she uses the innuendo contained in the exact wording of major health care companies like:

"News reporters may focus on Pharma’s annual sales and its executives’ salaries while failing to share R&D costs. Or, as is often common, the media may use an isolated, heartbreaking, or sensationalist story to paint a picture of healthcare as a whole. With all the coverage, it’s a shame no one focuses on the industry’s numerous prescription programs, charity services, and philanthropy efforts."

By "News reporters" she means journalists who are reporting facts including R&D cost figures that are inflated and often include a large percentage of end user advertising expenses and the existence of prescription programs, charity services and philanthropy efforts which are only available to some of the very poorest of the population and not to millions of Americans who are covered by inadequate insurance programs.

Turner is practicing the world's oldest profession by standing on the street corner of her Google blog, looking very seductive, and saying to the health insurance industry:

"Hey, big spender. If you give me some money I will spend my time with you and tell you how great you are. I'll say anything you want if you pay me."