NY Times attacks Trump supporting Doc running for senate

 Newsmax:

Dr. Mehmet Oz has been one of America’s most respected medical doctors and a celebrated on-air physician – until he announced his candidacy as a Republican for U.S. Senate.

This past November, Oz announced he was quitting his highly-rated TV show to run for Senate in Pennsylvania as he openly praised his long-time friend Donald Trump.

For doing so, he has also become an instant target of big media.

Last week, the Times led with a page one story “‘Magic’ Weight-Loss Pills and Covid Cures: Dr. Oz Under the Microscope,” accusing the heart surgeon of having a “long history of dispensing dubious medical advice” and cited numerous examples of times when his advice was “wrong.”

The paper never acknowledged that some of Oz’s claims portrayed as blatantly false were actually proven to have merit.

The Times critizicized Oz for his 2012 warning that apple juice contained unsafe levels of arsenic after he conducted his own arsenic testing.

Oz told Newsmax that as soon as he learned about the “high amounts of toxic arsenic” to children who are among the “biggest consumers of apple juice,” and testing confirmed the findings, he shared his findings because it was something viewers need to know.

“The FDA dishonestly told the mainstream media that we were wrong citing their own ‘secret’ testing,” Oz said.

“Ultimately, we were right, and the same media entities and government forces that challenged my evidence and attempted to discredit me were later forced to admit it,” he said.

Oz said the media attacks are to be expected when someone of his stature “stands up to powerful interests.”

The FDA indeed initially called Oz’s findings “irresponsible and misleading” – before later admitting that arsenic was present in the apple drink.

In April 2021, the FDA released an “action plan” for reducing children’s exposure to toxic elements in food, which mentioned “finalizing action levels for arsenic in apple juice and issuing draft action levels for lead in juices in the near future.”

But that pivot by the FDA was omitted in the Times’ writeup on Oz.

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The Times reporting was misleading in other areas too.  It looks more like a political hit piece than an honest reporting of facts.