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Originally Posted by davecummings
Per this morning's The San Diego Union-Tribune, Mike (and others):
"Region Update
County backs off on HIV/porn data
2:00 a.m. June 17, 2009
LOS ANGELES ? Los Angeles County public health officials have backtracked on the number of HIV cases in adult film performers, it was announced yesterday.
The county released data to the Los Angeles Times last week disclosing at least 16 previously unpublicized cases since 2004. The cases had been reported to the county by the Adult Industry Medical Foundation, a clinic that serves the porn industry but also has other patients. The newspaper reported yesterday the department now says the occupations of those who tested positive were unclear.
Clinic co-founder Sharon Mitchell said none of the HIV cases the county disclosed last week involved active performers. It was revealed last week that a female porn performer had recently tested HIV positive."
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See this is the kind of shit that drives me insane. The LA Times is so much more interested in selling newspapers than they are factually reporting a story. I'm not siding with AIM until I know all the facts, but it doesn't help anyone when, in their rush to print a sensational story, The La Times runs with inaccurate information, and then goes back and researches it properly. Meanwhile everyone remembers the sensational headline, and no one actually pays any attention when they print their tiny retraction...