Dutch news media get hefty fines for ‘promoting’ weight loss drugs

https://www.science.org/content/article/dutch-news-media-get-hefty-fines-promoting-weight-loss-drugs

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EggZackLee@lemmy.today · 22 pts · 6d

The goal is to make sure doctors, not advertising budgets, determine which medicines are prescribed, prevent medical overconsumption, and help keep health costs in check.

What a wild concept

huppakee@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 6d

Tldr; there is a fine line between neutrally writing about something that has a positive effect and positively writing about a thing that has a positive effect. Law requires to position news media as a neutral informer when it comes to prescription-only medication.