Why is Media Coverage of Medicine So Awful?

The complaints are familiar (but accurate) in this article in PLoS Medicine. The real question is what will it take to bring about substantive change in media coverage of health and health care. Nothing on the immediate horizon points toward any reason for optimism given the lesser emphasis on news on the networks and local TV, attacks on public radio, and the continued infotainment push on cable news outlets.
- Art Caplan