Friday, September 27, 2013

Biased Journalism in Boston


Boston Herald reporters demonstrate a misguided infantile bias about psychiatry. Police reveal medical records contrary to HIPAA laws and MA privacy statutes. Journalists repeat the privacy violation. What is the connection between an evaluation and the alleged knife attack? Do journalists like police and politicians, believe that mental illness causes crime, or that it is a crime?

http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2013/09/police_suspect_in_salem_bus_attack_underwent_psychiatric

Police: Suspect in Salem bus attack underwent psychiatric evaluation
Thursday, September 26, 2013
By: Gary J. Remal, O'Ryan Johnson
Boston Herald


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