I just watched a CNN report on the link between antidepressants and child suicide which brought "on the one handism" reporting to new heights of hackdom. It basically went something like:
"Some parents blame the death of the child on the drugs...[specific story]...on the other hand, some people credit the drugs for saving their lives [specific story]."
What the hell kind of reporting is this? It frames the issue as "do anti-depressants make you happy or cause you to kill yourself?" The issue, of course, is whether or not the additional risk of suicide is too great to a) responsibly prescribe them at all, b) responsibly prescribe them with the frequency they do, or c) responsibly prescribe them without making sure to have additional safeguards/monitoring in place to reduce the suicide risk.
Oh, and the little fact of the drug companies covering up the research.
