I just sent this email to them, I hope they take action

From: "webmaster" <webmaster at lowcarber.org>
To: "news at ctv.ca"

Subject: Your erroneous endorsement of PCRM views on diets as a legitimate organization

Date: January 10, 2003 5:43 PM

In your article "Doctors rate the 15 top-selling diet books", televised and published on your website on Jan 9th, 2003 at:
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNe...hub=CTVNewsAt11

I was very disappointed that you did not investigate what the PCRM really stands for.

First, the evaluation gives one diet the five stars, that of Dr. Ornish who is an advisory board member of the PCRM. How objective is it for an organization to publish a comparison between their diet and that of other doctors? Why not allow independent, objective doctors do such evaluation?

Second, the PCRM is a group of vegan diet book authors and radical animal rights activists : www.pcrm.org who sell more different diet books (mostly vegan or semi-vegan) than any other group. It calls itself the Physicians Committee for "Responsible" Medicine while it acts more like a body of Politically Correct Ridiculous Medicine. They have been exposed by various consumer organizations, and they are motivated by religious, political and personal beliefs in promoting a vegan lifestyle, rather than on medical studies.

See more detailes on the PCRM from Consumer Freedom:
http://www.consumerfreedom.com/acti...l.cfm?ORG_ID=23

Please allow your viewers to know about these "doctors", before presenting the material as an objective review by an objective body of doctors.Also, please allow them to know that Dr. Cornish is a senior member of PCRM, and the PCRM has a conflict of interest in endorsing him alone as "five star", for an extreme, unhealthy diet.

If not, at least allow the opposite opinion to present it's view. There are many professional medical organizations who speak out of objective scientific facts and medical studies, without allowing religious or personal beliefs to cloud their judgement. One such groups would be THINCS, (THe International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics) at:
http://www.thincs.org/

Thank you,

Wa'il
Ottawa
http://www.lowcarb.ca