On April 7 , 2009 I just happened to stumble across a Good Morning America episode while I was eating breakfast and could not believe what I saw.
Robin Roberts was doing a segment on alternative treatments for cancer involving yoga, attitude, vitamins, etc. after reporting that Farrah Fawcett went to Germany to receive such "alternative treatments."
It has been widely reported that Farrah Fawcett went to Germany to be treated with stem cell therapy, yet Robin Roberts made no mention of this and went on to talk about cancer patients utilizing yoga, natural remedies, and other completely unrelated topics in order to defeat the disease, hinting that Fawcett was doing the same.
This would be fine if Robin Roberts did not imply that Farrah Fawcett was doing these things to treat herself and honestly told the audience that the "alternative" treatment she received in Germany was stem cell therapy and its only been deemed "alternative" because it has been outlawed and stigmatized in the United States.
Subtle lies should not go unnoticed.
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EDIT: At the time of this posting, media reports were claiming that Farrah Fawcett went to Germany for stem cell treatments. This has since been denied by Fawcett and those close to her. The documentary Farrah's Story showed that she went to Germany to receive "additional treatment" to remove tumors from her liver. This involved things like laser treatments to kill the tumors, which is still a far stretch from the comparison Good Morning America was trying to make in its segment.
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