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Sort by The Huffington Post (Free subscription) - 01/07/2009
Sanjay Gupta and Michael Moore -- essentially two experts on health care who disagree ideologically on a range of health concerns -- had a fascinating exchange on Larry King Live.
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Sort by Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) - 01/07/2009
Sanjay Gupta vs. Michael Moore on the national health care system on Larry King Live, July 2007 WSJ Health Blog : The Washington Post is reporting that Barack Obama has offered the job of surgeon general to Sanjay Gupta. He’s expected to accept the job, the Post says, citing two unnamed sources. Gupta declined the Post’s request for comment. Besides his CNN gig , Gupta also appears on CBS and writes...
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Sort by Michael Goldfarb - The Blog (Free subscription) - 01/07/2009
So, America's most telegenic, Indian-American neurosurgeon/family man/anchorman will be America's next surgeon general. None of C. Everett Koop's stern demeanor and exceptional facial hair or Joycelyn Elders' tendency toward the most awkward national public health conversations ever. Not for Obama....
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Sort by AMERICAblog (Free subscription) - 01/07/2009
Krugman points out that CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the man Obama is considering for Surgeon General, conducted an on-the-air mugging of Michael Moore that turned out to be absolutely false. From Krugman : I don’t have a problem with Gupta’s qualifications. But I do remember his mugging of Michael Moore over Sicko. You don’t have to like Moore or his film; but Gupta specifically claimed that Moore “fudged...
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Sort by Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) - 01/06/2009
Quick, name anyone that has ever served as surgeon general. Unless you've seen a lot of Life Alert commercials , you probably can't. But America won't have that problem anymore. Because according to reports, brain surgeon and Michael Moore debater Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the omnipotent contributor to CNN, CBS, and Time magazine, has been tapped by Barack Obama to take over the post. He'll soon be in charge...
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Sort by The Blog (Free subscription) - 01/07/2009
So, America's most telegenic, Indian-American neurosurgeon/family man/anchorman will be America's next surgeon general. None of C. Everett Koop's stern demeanor and exceptional facial hair or Joycelyn Elders' tendency toward the most awkward national public health conversations ever. Not for Obama. It's a smart political choice--one that puts an undeniably smart, young, minority figure in a place...
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Sort by CARPE DIEM (Free subscription) - 01/13/2009
Washington Post -- President-elect Barack Obama has offered the job of surgeon general to Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the neurosurgeon and correspondent for CNN and CBS, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation. Gupta has told administration officials that he wants the job, and the final vetting process is under way. He has asked for a few days to figure out the financial and logistical details...
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Sort by Althouse (Free subscription) - 01/07/2009
I know, you're thinking: If that's the trouble, bring it on . But let's read what Krugman has to say : So apparently Obama plans to appoint CNN’s Sanjay Gupta as Surgeon General. I don’t have a problem with Gupta’s qualifications. But I do remember his mugging of Michael Moore over Sicko. You don’t have to like Moore or his film; but Gupta specifically claimed that Moore “fudged his facts”, when the...
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Sort by boy culture (Free subscription) - 01/07/2009
I'm sorry, but I am disliking Pres.-Elect Obama's choices to fill the last high-profile positions in his administration. Case in point: Sanjay Gupta is cute as hell, but I stopped liking him when I started listening to his reports and...
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Sort by Blue Mass. Group - Front Page (Free subscription) - 01/07/2009
The trial balloon that CNN reporter/Dr. Sanjay Gupta is being considered for Surgeon General should be shot down immediately. Anyone who watched Gupta make a laughable idiot of himself in connection with Michael Moore's Sicko knows he is not qualified for this job (video after the flip). Krugman, as usual, is on the case: You don't have to like Moore or his film; but Gupta specifically claimed that...
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Sort by In the Pipeline (Free subscription) - 01/08/2009
I have a few short links for everyone today. One series of posts that you might not have seen from Xconomy is a tour of the technological hot spots of India by Boston University's Vinit Nijhawan. It's interesting stuff for people like me who haven't been to the country, and he isn't shy about pointing out both the good and the bad about India's current situation. He's not focusing on the chemistry/pharmaceutical...
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Sort by The Indypendent (Free subscription) - 01/08/2009
I generally watch CNN only when I can’t avoid it—in airports or bus terminals or bank lobbies where the network’s endless loops of “breaking news” and “expert analysis” can’t be ignored. However, when I saw CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta’s mug in the news yesterday with him being touted as the frontrunner to be the [...]
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Sort by Brilliant at Breakfast (Free subscription) - 01/08/2009
Look, it's one thing to try to establish some kind of spirit of bipartisanship. I'm not with those who are clinging to the idea that Barack Obama's embrace of people like Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration, or his plan to make CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta the next Surgeon General is some kind of head fake. I always knew that Obama was basically a centrist with an annoying tendency...
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Sort by John Goodman's Health Policy Blog (Free subscription) - 01/12/2009
President-elect Obama is expected to appoint CNN chief medical correspondent, Sanjay Gupta, to the post of Surgeon General. The downside: Gupta was once a White House Fellow working for Hillary Clinton. The upside: he took on Michael Moore over the errors and distortions in Moore's movie, SiCKO. In one interview, Moore became so agitated he wondered aloud about which [...]
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Sort by The Republic of T. (Free subscription) - 01/07/2009
So, word is that Obama is eyeing CNN’s Sanjay Gupta for Surgeon General . Well, on the one hand, I can understand “eyeing” Gupta for … well … just about anything. After all, I did include the good doctor on my list of “Hot Talking Heads” a few years back. And, ya gotta admit, the man is easy on the eyes. I admit it. I’m a sucker for a pretty face. Initially, at least. A memorable mug will get my attention,...