Center for Media and Democracy - Weekly Radio Spin, July 18, 2008

by Judith Siers-Poisson — July 18, 2008 - 1:20pm

The Weekly Radio SpinListen to this week's edition of the "Weekly Radio Spin," the Center for Media and Democracy's audio report on the stories behind the news. This week, we look at rock star Guard members, protection for journalists and a bizarre "honor" for Jesse Helms. In "Six Degrees of Spin and Fakin'," we look at Senator Elizabeth Dole. The Weekly Radio Spin is freely available for personal and broadcast use. Podcasters can subscribe to the XML feed on www.prwatch.org/audio or via iTunes. If you air the Weekly Radio Spin on your radio station, please email us at editor@prwatch.org to let us know. Thanks!

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the legacy lives on: Helms and Dole

Submitted by Forrest on July 24, 2008 - 6:39am.

The legacy of Helms lives on.........

I know a hemophiliac who is living with HIV that he contracted from contaminated blood back in the 1980's. Helm's comment “There is not one single case of Aids in this country that cannot be traced in origin to sodomy.”, is a vicious callous insult to all peoples living with HIV.

Senator Elizabeth Dole, back when she was president of American Red Cross, and other business "leaders" made a conscious decision not to heat treat blood products because it would cost money. As a direct consequence of their collective irresponsible decision placing profit before people- thousands of people became infected with HIV and HCV-

Remember Ryan White? He died because of their greed.

Senator Elizabeth Dole is still making those same irresponsible decisions representing her state of North Carolina. She recently voted against children's health care because the proposed tobacco tax would hurt her state's tobacco industry.

Two years ago, my father died because of her state's tobacco industry. He died from lung cancer. He tried to quit several times. It was not his decision to continue smoking- he was "hooked" on this legal and very profitable drug. The tobacco industry lost a customer when my father died.

Profit before People.

The legacy of Helms lives on.........