Fw: Dr. Wakefield Scheduled to Appear on NBC

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From: National Autism Association <naa@...>

Subject: Dr. Wakefield Scheduled to Appear on NBC

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Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 12:15 PM

Dr. Wakefield Scheduled to Appear on NBC News Programs

Forwarded from our friends at Thoughtful House:

Dear Friends,

As some of you may have already heard, the NBC television network is producing a

special on Thoughtful House and Dr. Wakefield. We are sending along this

note to make you aware of the extent of coverage on various programs and the

scheduled broadcast date. First, though, we thought it was important to help

everyone understand our decision to cooperate with the reporter, Matt Lauer, and

his producer, Ami Schmitz.

In our estimation, there has not yet been any fair coverage in the mainstream

media of Dr. Wakefield or the work of Thoughtful House. While we have a large

community of supporters that know Dr. Wakefield’s credibility and the

accomplishments of Thoughtful House and our excellent physicians and clinicians,

including Dr. Jepson, Dr. Arthur Krigsman, and Barnhill, CN, CCN,

many of us in the Autism Advocacy Community spend most of our time communicating

with people in similar situations. Our challenge has always been to reach out to

a greater population that might not know or understand what is happening with

regard to the autism epidemic and the lack of government research into potential

causes, which includes looking at vaccine safety. We thought that if we ever

were able to communicate with a fair-minded journalist working at a media outlet

with both credibility and reach then it was likely to be worth the risk trying

to tell our story.

To read more click here:

http://www.thoughtfulhouse.org/newsletters/2009-08.pdf

Thank you,

Anissa J. Ryland, Director of Operations

Thoughtful House Center for Children

 

Think Autism. Think Cure. ®

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