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CBC's eating disorder story vilified St. Paul's

To the editor: Re: "Context missing from eating disorder story," Dec. 7. Thanks to Fiona Hughes for her criticism of the CBC story on St Paul's Hospital and the eating disorder patients.

To the editor:

Re: "Context missing from eating disorder story," Dec. 7.

Thanks to Fiona Hughes for her criticism of the CBC story on St Paul's Hospital and the eating disorder patients. That CBC story was, as Hughes says, a vilification, based on the complaining of one patient, with none of the required context and balance to make it a legitimate criticism.

The whole thing seemed to be either the product of appallingly sloppy reporting and editing or a partisan hatchet job aimed at perhaps the provincial government. The words from Dr. Raudzus as provided by Ms. Hughes, with the reading between the lines necessitated by confidentiality, provided the other side of the story that any fairminded person would expect to be there. If Ms. Hughes, working for the Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­Courier, could get this response from Dr. Raudzus, how come the CBC had nothing close? And if the CBC had no such context, what did they think they were doing running the item? Well done Fiona Hughes and the Courier; shoddy effort CBC.

Keith Trussell, Vancouver

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