Whistleblower News from the Inside - August 23, 2013
Posted 08/23/13
NFL pressures ESPN to quit film project on concussions – ESPN, which has the NFL’s lucrative Monday Night Football contract, was working on the documentary with PBS’ “Frontline” for more than a year. NYT
Antidoping agency blocks release of study showing prevalence of track and field doping – The World Anti-Doping Agency blocks the release of its own study finding drug-testing protocols are not...
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Growing misuse of antibiotics – Recent studies show that doctors are not only prescribing too many antibiotics, they are also prescribing the wrong ones. 
Budweiser is king of beers for alcohol related ER visits – A Johns Hopkins University study finds that Budweiser is the beverage most commonly associated with alcohol related emergency room visits. 
The dispute over hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, rages on with neither side giving much credence to the other. Proponents of the practice insist it is a safe and cost-effective way to unlock vast new supplies of oil and natural gas -- billions and billions of gallons worth. Opponents argue that the millions of gallons of water, sand and chemicals pumped deep into the ground to break apart...
Federal judge blasts NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policy as unconstitutional racial profiling – Manhattan federal judge Shira Scheindlin found the practice improperly targets young black and Hispanic men and appointed a federal monitor to oversee major reforms. 
NCAA stops selling jerseys, admitting practice was mistake – The NCAA will stop selling team and player merchandise acknowledging it was hypocritical to what the association holds out to be its core purpose. 
As the escapades of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden have demonstrated all too well, there are typically two directly conflicting sides to the whistleblower narrative. Whistleblowers are heroes for speaking out and trying to remedy what they perceive to be some serious act of unfairness or injustice. Or they are scoundrels for betraying the loyalty and trust of their colleagues. It is this...
FBI investigating company that approved Snowden security clearance – The FBI opened a criminal probe on charges that US Investigations Services (USIS), the firm that conducted the background check on NSA leaker, Edward Snowden, improperly rushed cases without proper review.