Talk:Cancer Industry

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[edit] NPOV tag

Okay, I've put one of those big ol' {NPOV} tags on the top of this article.

The current treatment of the term 'Cancer Industry' and surrounding issues implicitly assumes all of Moss' claims are true. The article is full of prejudicial language, using terms like 'cancer establishment'. None of the vigourous criticism from reputable sources is mentioned. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 02:37, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

The article consistently refers to this being a "term among alternative medicine practitioners and writers when criticising" - no neutrality issue there. This term is very commonly used. If you have a better term than "the cancer establishment" then kindly use it - I can see that might be seen as NPOV, though coming up with another way of describing the existing structure of research, funding and approval in two words might be difficult - it is established and it deals with cancer. Where does anything written assume Moss' claims are true ("presents the main arguments" is the phrase used)? Moss was merely the first to coin the phrase (as far as I know), so naturally recounting (without POV) his assertions is important to context. You need to learn the difference between inference and implication. If the article is "full of prejudicial language" and fails to accurately describe what the entry is about, then please list these terms for discussion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.186.1.184 (talk) 03:20, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

No criticism whatsoever of the notion of the 'Cancer Industry' is presented, nor is criticism of Moss — who seems to have made quite a little 'industry' of his own selling his books and consultations. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 04:29, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

So you mean it's an issue of balance - that the criticisms need to be defended? I'm not sure that's possible, or even that any of the organisations have attempted it, but if you can find anything then that'd be interesting to add. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.186.1.191 (talk) 05:12, 20 May 2008 (UTC)