FierceMarkets is Either High or Desperate

I don't usually pay attention to FierceMarkets.  It started out as a great aggregatory of medical and pharma news but that mission has been corrupted by the hiring of editors who are hostile to capitalism to the point of being deranged.  Case in point is Ron Shinkman who is the 'editor' of FierceHealthFinance.   The Shink's recent commentary accused BIG PHARMA of cooking up the drug shortage for the sake of profit.  Yeah that's it, BIG PHARMA's business plan is to make money by killing people by slowing down production.  The Shink never asks if that were the plan, why  not sell or shut down product lines altogether. .   And it's not BIG PHARMA that is making drugs in that are in short supply it's generic firms who are involved. www.fiercehealthfinance.com/story/big-pharma-cooking-current-drug-shortage/2011-10-04

But then again, The Shink probably has insights we cannot share.  He was the ace reporter of Marijuana Business Reporter, a job he was recruited for.  Actually he found the job on Craigslist.  Which is fitting in so many ways.   Nothing like finding a job while checking out garage sales and massage parlors.  But I digress.   In addition, The Shink broke new journalist ground with his Irony Supplement blog.  Get it?  Irony (as in iron) Supplement?   If Twain were alive he would be jealous.  Here is a sample of The Shink's writing skills and prophetic reporting gifts:

Why Bernard Madoff Should Face The Death Penalty
A rational discussion as to why disgraced financier Bernard Madoff should face capital punishment.

Father Limbaugh?
A comparison of Rush Limbaugh and Charles Coughlin's political tactics.

And my favorite..
Hurry Up And...@*&%# WAIT?!?!?
An examination of the media's dementia in covering the stimulus package.  (This is where The Shink attacks the media for doubting the benefit of the stimuls and not believing the recession was over in 2009 when The Shink said it was.)

Why do I bother with such a bottom-feeding paranoid?  Because he writes for what once was and should be a respectable online publication that cares about the mindset and journalistic stability of it's editors.  

I hope The Shink has to hit Craigslist for work real soon.  He shouldn't have a problem getting another job.  After all, the recession is over, isn't it?  Or maybe BIG PHARMA is cooking up that crisis too.