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Television Media Coverage2009 Coverage
2008 Coverage 2007 Coverage: 5/07 through 12/07 2007 Coverage: 1/07 through 4/07 2006 Coverage KNSD-TV Channel 7 (NBC) and Channel 4 San Diego aired a short segment about CFS during newscasts on October 14. “Art Shows Face of Illness” featured interviews with CFS clinician Dr. Therese Yang and support group leader Lynn Eggleton. (California) (10/14/09)
ABC’s “Good Morning America Health” featured CFS in a segment with guest women’s health expert Dr. Donnica Moore on September 24. During the approximately six-minute segment, she emphasized the complexity of diagnosing CFS and discussed post-exertional malaise. (9/24/09) A segment on the illness and “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit aired on “Tennessee Morning,” the morning news and talk show on Fox affiliate WZTV-TV Channel 17. Dr. Satish Raj, assistant professor of medicine and pharmacology at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and CFS patient Margaret McElhaney were the guests. (Tennessee) (9/21/09) Internist and CFS patient himself Dr. Martin Lerner was a guest on “The Richard Hairston Morning Show,” a community affairs program airing on WHPR-TV Channel 33 in the Detroit area. He and the host discussed the illness and the display of “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit at Eastland Center. (Michigan) (8/25/09) Media coverage of CFS continued in a segment on the illness that aired on morning talk show “Better Connecticut” on WFSB-TV Channel 3 on July 6. Host Kara Sundlun interviewed internist Dr. Morris Papernik and his patient Laura Orr for a “Kara’s Cure” segment. (Connecticut) (7/06/09)
“Public Report,” a public affairs show airing on WWRS-TV in the Milwaukee area, covered CFS in a segment featuring an interview with Dr. Konstance Knox, director of research at the Wisconsin Viral Research Group. (Wisconsin) (7/02 & 7/06/09) News 12 Connecticut ran segments about CFS, the photo exhibit in Meriden and the Connecticut CFIDS/FM Association during each its evening newscasts on June 19. The story featured patient Jan Diamond. (Connecticut) (6/19/09) CFS clinician Dr. Morris Papernik and patient Nora Hull were guests on a segment of “Fox 61 Morning News” on WTIC-TV Channel 61. They discussed the illness and the display of “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit. (Connecticut) (6/18/09) Morning talks show “Better Connecticut,” on WFSB-TV Channel 3, ran announcements promoting the display of “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit during the week of June 15. (Connecticut) (6/15/09) ABC News included CFS in a report titled “Is Your Bitterness a Medical Condition? 8 Controversial Conditions.” It covers diagnoses over which doctors argue as real versus psychiatric conditions, including such illnesses as Post –Traumatic Bitterness Disorder, ADD and Morgellon’s syndrome . While the story notes that “…CFS has garnered additional support as a legitimate diagnosis in recent years …,” it posits that the lack of cause has rendered a CFS diagnosis contentious. (5/28/09) This article was reposted on “News Channel 5 @ Noon,” a newscast aired on KSDK-TV Channel 5, featured CFS patient and Association Board member Dr. Christoph Bausch during a short segment on April 24 to educate viewers about CFS and promote the traveling photo exhibit’s display in St. Louis. (Missouri) (4/24/09) Internist Dr. Tipu Sultan discussed CFS and “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit’s display in St. Louis during a segment on “Fox 2 News in the Morning” on KTVI-TV Channel 2. (Missouri) (4/23/09) Morning show “Great Day St. Louis” on KMOV-TV Channel 4 broadcast a 5-minute segment about the illness and “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit, including interviews with CFS patient Anita Wildauer and internist Dr. Tipu Sultan. (Missouri) (4/15/09) |
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