The CJAC has an idea for the Harvard School of Public Health: rather than make an embarrassing decision to give a “Health Award” to the facile celebrity, why not give the award to Norma Zager, the Beverly Hills Courier reporter who exposed Erin Brockovich’s quackery? (May Habib, “Brockovich Awarded SPH’s Highest Honor”, Harvard Crimson, Oct. 19; Jessica Heslam, “Lawyer group protests award for `Erin Brockovich'”, Boston Herald, Oct. 18). Earlier coverage: Oct. 6 and especially Sep. 30 and links therein.
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Harvard Chooses Cleavage over Public Health
What would happen if someone made a Hollywood blockbuster film, starring A-list celebrity Julia Roberts, about an activist who later turns out to be a fraud? If you are the Harvard School of Public Health’s (HSPH), you honor her.
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