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In reply to the discussion: The Newtown tragedy will turn out to be related to Pharmaceuticals. [View all]SidDithers
(44,228 posts)22. There is no uncle. Some dude was pretending to be the uncle...
The NY Daily News, which was the original source of the uncle / Fanapt story, the source cited by everyone else reporting the story, has scrubbed any mention of the uncle or Fanapt from their article.
So your article at businessinsider links to this article at the NY Daily news as their source:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/nancy-lanza-feared-son-adam-worse-article-1.1221505
Notice anything missing? (Hint: it's the uncle and Fanapt)
You can check out the comments to confirm that it was scrubbed.
EVELYNPRINGLE2 days ago
Didn't the original version of this story say that Adam Lanza was taking the drug Fanapt? I am an investigative journalist and several people contacted me to tell me this but I informed them that the story does not say that.
They all said that the paragraph with that statement had been removed. I would like to know why and who did that.
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JANE172 days ago
The writers were fooled by someone pretending to be Adam Lanza's uncle. Instead of fessing up about this they have simply deleted that part of the article.
Didn't the original version of this story say that Adam Lanza was taking the drug Fanapt? I am an investigative journalist and several people contacted me to tell me this but I informed them that the story does not say that.
They all said that the paragraph with that statement had been removed. I would like to know why and who did that.
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JANE172 days ago
The writers were fooled by someone pretending to be Adam Lanza's uncle. Instead of fessing up about this they have simply deleted that part of the article.
So yeah, it is funny. Just not the way you think.
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So it is your opinion that the people which the medicine helped in her family is not valid?
still_one
Dec 2012
#6
Well, personally, I'm sitting here trying to correct some serious errors an accountant made ...
Denninmi
Dec 2012
#41
The NRA talking points for the last week have been the "mentally ill" crap as if the person
uponit7771
Dec 2012
#2
Looks like he did have help but still was to the point where his mom wanted to institutionalize him.
dkf
Dec 2012
#7
This family did. Regardless of that FACT, it doesn't matter. Adam Lanza had easy access to guns
riderinthestorm
Dec 2012
#11
You DON'T need a preceding criminal event for an involuntary commitment...
HereSince1628
Dec 2012
#13
I agree there needs to be far more funds available for MH care and all social programs.
Denninmi
Dec 2012
#47
Oy vey I self deleted the wrong post. The post I want to be here is meds help my family members
mucifer
Dec 2012
#16