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I believe his email is: [email protected]. Not sure what others think about this, but maybe it is something worth considering?
LOL...
O'Reilly...Yea, let's get somebody with credibility.
I believe his email is: [email protected]. Not sure what others think about this, but maybe it is something worth considering?
LOL...
O'Reilly...Yea, let's get somebody with credibility.
I believe his email is: [email protected]. Not sure what others think about this, but maybe it is something worth considering?
uh oh...look what I found on Sophy's website..this might be a big deal after all:
Dr. Sophy is a frequent guest on PBS A Place Of Our Own and has appeared on Fox News Channels The Big Story.
Is this his blog: http://sophy.blogs.com/ ??
*cough* For those of you who think 10 seconds of poor remarks are unimportant in the grand scheme of things, why don't you ask the Rutgers women's basketball team what they think? I'm just sayin'...
And I too will be sending an email. Even if no retraction is made, someone who is reading these emails will be getting an education and hopefully commenting to someone else. Every action has a reaction.
I emailed Keith asking him to better research his broad and sweeping statements from now on. Less he be known as "Not a real news anchor, but rather a sports caster pretending to be an anchor."
I like Keith too, but c'mon - is it not possible for his team to wikipedia "D.O."?
...Even better, ask one of the marines whose life was saved by this "fake" doctor if he thinks DO's are legit
*cough* For those of you who think 10 seconds of poor remarks are unimportant in the grand scheme of things, why don't you ask the Rutgers women's basketball team what they think? I'm just sayin'...
Good point....
This thread is amusing. Do some people think that the Countdown staff actually give a crap about some emails from hostile DOs? Do you honestly think that 10 seconds of Keith Olbermann matters at all when it comes to public perceptions about osteopathic medicine? Seriously, let it go.
This sort of reminds me about the great Email-the-producers-of-ER-campaign-of-2004. We all know how well that worked out.
This thread is amusing. Do some people think that the Countdown staff actually give a crap about some emails from hostile DOs? Do you honestly think that 10 seconds of Keith Olbermann matters at all when it comes to public perceptions about osteopathic medicine? Seriously, let it go.
Comparing Imus to Olbermann? Seriously? You need some perspective here. I'm just sayin'...
No one who is comparing Imas to Olbermann are comparing the remarks that were made. Imas's remarks were racist and Olberman needs an education on the D.O. degree. The comparasion is to show that 10 seconds of air time can have a huge impact. That 10 seconds of time cost Imas his job. Maybe if Kieth portrayed the D.O. degree in that 10 second time in a positive light he would have been able to educate part of America that will never know about the Osteopathic profession. Instead Kieth used the 10 seconds of air time to of misinform his viewing audience.
Oh jeebus... Imus was not racist. It was a VERY overblown reaction to a bad joke. If you'd listened to the actual broadcast you would know there was no malicious intent. Don Imus is a comedian, talking in the context of a comedic show. Jesse Jackson and Alfred Sharpton are just TV-mongering idiots looking for any excuse to get their faces in front of a camera and the American public in order to push their own racist agenda.
Don't believe me? Look up the Tawana Brawley case. Also, what about what Al Sharpton said a month or so ago about Mitt Romney and the Mormon church, or his stance on the Duke Lacrosse "controversy." I think Al Sharpton needs to be fired for his actions. He never did pay the damages levied against him in the Tawana Brawley case, for your information. Funny how he doesn't get hung out to dry over these things, but if a WHITE person were to say something like that, they'd be strung up from the rafters... Racist much?
I'm not demanding for Olbermann to be fired, I'm just asking for a correction of his statements.
Besides, several BLACK comedians have also made the exact same comments about the Rutgers basketball team and Al Sharpton has not been crying for blood in their cases. Oh yeah, they're the right color to make remarks like that, right? Freedom of speech depends on your skin color and sexual orientation now... Welcome to the United States of America!
jd
No one who is comparing Imas to Olbermann are comparing the remarks that were made. Imas's remarks were racist and Olberman needs an education on the D.O. degree. The comparasion is to show that 10 seconds of air time can have a huge impact. That 10 seconds of time cost Imas his job. Maybe if Kieth portrayed the D.O. degree in that 10 second time in a positive light he would have been able to educate part of America that will never know about the Osteopathic profession. Instead Kieth used the 10 seconds of air time to of misinform his viewing audience.
I didn't agree with his firing for some of the reasons you mentioned, but the fact of the matter was that close to half of his major financial backers pulled out due to these remarks. Regardless if we think it was racist or not. His financial backers found them offensive enough to pull the plug on his show. Let's not lose focous here. The point of the comparasion is to show that a small amount of air time can make a huge difference. It is worth it for future students of the Osteopathic profession as well as practicing D.O.'s to make sure Osteopathic philosiphy is upheld, by making sure that the profession is talked about with the dignity and respect that it deserves. If we don't do it. Who will?
Go ask an orthopedic or neurosurgeon if they consider OB/GYN's as surgeons, and tell me what their response is.
Ha, go ask the internal medicine people if they consider orthopods "doctors."
I didn't go to school for this long to be a mechanic...
If no one speaks out, how will they know they made an error, or have offended people?
Thank you, Kappy. You summarized exactly what I meant. The point was certainly to illustrate what power the media has over the public, whatever the source of the comment. Let's not go into the racist conversation, please. It has nothing at all to do with that.
One of the big problems in our society is our tendency to get offended at any little thing. So Olbermann (or more correctly, his producing staff) are a bunch of idiots. We knew this already. Despite them, the sun will rise tomorrow morning, I promise.
No, I believe the correct term is CARPENTER....
Has anyone ever thought that MSNBC used the title "HEROMD" with full knowledge that he technically was in fact a DO? I believe they 100% knew this and figured their would be better story appeal and American interest in avoiding the confusion that "HERODO" would have created. What a great moment that would have been to the profession and the greater public if they had taken the time to have included a brief paragraph explaining his title and impact in medicine the profession offers. They didn't and are guilty of sloppy journalism, which is no surprise to me anymore.
IT IS IMPORTANT to correct such problematic statements. Olbermann reaches many viewers and a retraction is very much in order. That segment was more detrimental than many think. I hope many continue to send emails to his staff which was out for nothing more than a scoop in a worthless story. Kinda reminds me of good ole boy Dan Rather...
My email, with minor edits to preserve my identity in this forum:
Good afternoon,
As a third-year medical student at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), I was saddened to listen to Mr. Olbermann's uninformed and degrading comments on the osteopathic profession, with regard to Dr. Charles Sophy, the psychiatrist working with Miss Hilton. He has made the equivalent action of Mr. Don Imus with respect to my chosen profession.
Osteopathic doctors are trained in the exact same manner as allopathic doctors (M.D.'s), with one exception. Our training includes a specialized area of medicine known as OMM, or osteopathic manipulative medicine. We learn medicine with a special emphasis on the musculoskeletal relationships. If one considers that 'alternative', then so be it. But I assure you that if you look in your telephone listings for your area, you will see that neurosurgery, opthalmology, orthopedics, family medicine, oncology, pediatrics, sports medicine, emergency medicine, internal medicine, and any other specialty you can imagine will have AT LEAST one D.O. listed, and in many cases, there will be many. We are highly regarded as desirable candidates for residency and attending positions in all 50 states. We prescribe the same medications, utilize the same techniques, and work in the same hospitals in the same teams as our allopathic counterparts. Ours is a younger branch of medicine, but we come from the same tree as does allopathic medicine, and we deserve to be recognized as such.
Mr. Olbermann is not the only one to blame here, as he sited Radar Magazine for his information. I consulted that very article and found that a clarification had been made regarding osteopathic medicine, reinforcing the truth that D.O.'s are as much respected and well-trained members of the medical team as are M.D.'s. We grow tired of having to remind the media of this fact. Please consider this in the future, because whether you intended to do so or not, you have offended a large, hard-working, and apparently unappreciated percentage of this country's medical physicians. It is well documented that a shortage of 250,000 physicians is expected in the foreseeable future. The allopathic profession is not growing and expanding, while the osteopathic profession is laying plans for eight new schools in various areas around the country. Who do you believe will be responsible for answering that shortage?
If you value and respect your viewers, please consider your own retraction of Mr. Olbermann's remarks. I can assure you that there is outrage over those few seconds of videotape. If you do not value and respect your viewers, then I hope that someday you come across one of my colleagues in the osteopathic profession in your hour of need and that he or she shows you first-hand the caliber of physician you have chosen to alienate for the shock value of a news story.
Actually, from what I've seen, Dr. Sophy is the medical director of the LA county DCFS, not a volunteer.
From my research I have come to the same conclusion.
I think they were saying that Dr. Sophy described himself as a professor at UCLA when in reality he was just a volunteer in their program. He is actually the director at LA county and that is not in dispute
You think that in this political and world climate that just as many people would not be picking up a news magazine with HERO, DO: He Saved 30 Lives in One Battle. The Amazing Story of the War's Most Fearless Doctor plastered across the front of it with THAT compelling headline and photo? Give me a break!
jd
I know precious little of Sophy and little more of the Hilton saga, but this entire news story is muddled by the apparent need of Sophy to hide his credentials.
His website doesn't identify himself as a DO: http://www.drsophyonline.com/.
And according to RADAR Online, he misrepresented himself as a UCLA associate clinical professor.
This alone could lead the media to think a story exists where it may, in fact, not. In this day of web searches and databases, nonsense like this can easily be verified.
Add in the bizarre behavior of celebrity physicians and touchy-feely nature of psychiatry, and poor Dr. Sophy seems like a news story waiting to be told.
any feedback would be appreciated:
Dear Mr. Olbermann,
You're an idiot.
Seriously, guys, do you think anyone outside our professions gives a crap?
I agree that Olbermann made a blunder with the Osteopath comment, but I had another listen to it. It's a 5min 45 sec video of Paris Hilton's problems. Literally, only about 10 seconds was used in that piece talking about how Paris' doctor may have exaggerated about his professional credentials. I just don't see what the big deal is all about.
Don't get me wrong here. I totally respect DOs and I feel that the majority of the public does as well. Olbermann's comment is poorly worded, but it's really not a big deal. People out there are concerned more about Paris Hilton that who Paris' doctor is.
When i was looking for an update i found this article
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2007/06/paris-hilton-doctor-not-an-md.php
The media should be held responsible for the accuracy of what they report. My undies aren't in a bunch over the DO thing. It is the repeated inattention to detail by a major news entity that bothers me. I know (am learning) alot about medicine, but it makes me question wether (sic) or not I can rely upon the media for [an] accurate portrayal of things that I don't know so much about.
The radar article bashed doctor Sophy but, while doing so explained what a D.O. is in the process. I thought it did a half decent job explaing what a D.O. was and how it is different from an MD. Olberman on the other hand didn't even bother with that.
The radar article bashed doctor Sophy but, while doing so explained what a D.O. is in the process. I thought it did a half decent job explaing what a D.O. was and how it is different from an MD. Olberman on the other hand didn't even bother with that.