a rabid dog - snarling, drooling and making little sense.

He exploits the shit out of them. Not saying they deserve sympathy, but it's sad seeing people adhere to a charlatan. Years back tyt exposed the fact that the Kochs were funding him.

Look at this crap:

Crazy, crazyman

those that can doctor, those that can't get a TV show

is a disgusting whack job.

He killed that show. Punnett was good, but he left.

or perhaps their "REAL" MD correspondent, neurosurgeon, Sanjay Gupta, who could not have been happy at the network's overt malpractice.

However it happened, GOOD

because his ratings may not be so good.

the station's and CNN's ethical standards on his own show another time. This time he thought he could slide these incredibly sleazy insinuations through on a radio show--NO medical details, just insinuations. It takes planning to say what he did.

As for a lawsuit, he has NO case. Read the transcript. Even the radio station has removed this episode from the web.

And frankly, I strongly doubt any involvement by Hillary's camp was necessary at all. Not everything is about political advantage and disadvantage. This was extremely unethical behavior, medically for a physician and editorially for the host of a program. Now the consequences are following their proper course.

When he makes loose diagnoses like that from hearsay evidence about Hillary or ANY patient it is a clear ethical, if not privacy-related criminal act if he was looking at confidential medical records.

If he WASN'T looking at confidential medical records, then he is talking out of his ass in the media and mixing politics with his medical advice.

I think they would have been better off just going to a 12 step program and cutting out the bullshit attention whore middleman.

Fuck him sideways with sandpaper.

that he never likes to "diagnose" anyone on tv without seeing them as a patient. I clearly remember him saying this a few years ago – he wasn't talking about Clinton, but someone else (can't remember now). So when he finally does break this rule of ethics, he does it for a presidential nominee? It's nuts. What was he thinking??

The power of the Clenis made him do it

...always disliked his show! I hope he and FOX have had some falling out... would love to see him retire and enjoy his money in obscurity!

HLN has been going through lineup changes for the past several months and this was most likely in the works long before then.

He had a radio show that was cancelled earlier this year so his popularity was on the decline.

"CNN Money, in its reporting of the announcement, connected it to a broader shakeup at HLN, including the end of Nancy Grace’s flamboyant show devoted to criminal court cases."

and then he does it again 8 months later...

been notorious for printing anything that puts negative dispersions toward Hillary, whether there is validity or not

They want to jump on the same train AP is on with their sloppy and wrong reporting on the Clinton Foundation.

The AMA specifically says no diagnosis is to be done on a person without a personal physical examination. He violated that.

And he didn't even bother to check the validity of the documents he reviewed and they were fake. He failed to perform the minimal amount of due diligence.

He wasn't the type to go off on baseless ranting.

But a couple people started a crazed hate site in his name. A shame.

Pine was the best. Smart as hell, always looking at reason as the first priority. That and kindness.

❤️

it seemed like he missed his chance to be "cool" when he was in high school and he tried to make up for it by being "cool" on tv.

timeline on all this is, but it sounds like it was already in the works. HLN just hired Michaela as a new show, so I believe the doctor was just one of the many changes that are taking place.

It's a lighter place to land in the morning.

Sorry I just had to...

has no problem to infer a "cover up", and then spew the unsubstantiated bullshit in their article

if there is anyway they can put a negative conspiracy slant against Hillary, they will throw it out.

Could it be possible that Drew's show was cancelled because his ratings were lousy?

NYTimes, Washington Post, are not the papers they used be, that is for sure

I didn't.

He masks his deep right-leaning sympathies with this faux cloak of "balance." On his radio show, he spoke of his "concern" for Hillary's health months ago. He also regularly uses Breitbart writers to do commentary on the radio show. Having said that, I didn't know his HLN show was still on the air! He is truly revolting.

my problem with him. I thought he used to be pretty common sensical except for this silly blind spot.

Hasn't he come a long way down the bumpy hill from his place on the mountaintop as the "cool doctor" who talked so frankly about that "sex stuff" on MTV!!!

Maybe Faux will find a slot for him...or maybe the new Trump TV (A Breitbart Corporation) that "some people say" will appear some time in the outyears!

minutes of video.

same smug believe in their own omnipotence, and interfering in things that are none of their F****** business.

Terri Schaivo and how the Repub congress were all medical experts, including jeb!

They messed up families and flew back into session just to perform the worst government overreach in history.

Internet doctors, lawyers and military experts all.

dr Drew exploits addicts for self promotion and financial profit. . Totally inappropriate.... unprofessional!

It's *such* a fucking important distinction.

And yet, here we are...

and he is also wrong about the supposed "outdated" care as other physicians have pointed out, inclluding the type of thyroid replacement medication she is on and use of anticoaggulants.

But as to your first point:
After looking at bits and pieces of Clinton’s health-care records she made public in 2015, he said he was “gravely concerned not just about her health, but her health care.”

It was Pinksy’s second foray into the subject of Hillary Clinton’s health, and the first one ended badly, as well. In January, he made reference on-air to Clinton’s late return to the stage in a debate and cited a Breitbart News story, attributed to a “strong source,” suggesting that it was due to “a flare-up of problems from” a “brain injury.” In fact, she had only visited the restroom.

I was pretty surprised by all of it. Dr. Drew should know not to try and diagnose someone without actually having examined them

His show was on at the same time as ours at night.
His studio was 10 feet from ours.
Two years of passing him in the hall and saying "hi" and the asshole never said hi back.

Thank you for your input

or doing the rehab show. He's not a psychiatrist or psychiatrist. He's an internist.

As for his concern about Clinton's healthcare, he swallowed Big Pharma's koolaid about Synthroid being the only option to treat hypothyroidism. Hillary's records showed that she takes Armour Thyroid, a natural medication made from the thyroid gland of pigs. Most hypothyroid patients still have symptoms on Synthroid and find they respond better to Armour. That's IF they can find an openminded doctor who will prescribe it.

That is great news that our next president has an open mind regarding her health

There is a slightly higher risk of osteoporosis if you take Armour, but they seem to discount the risks of hypothyroidism if it isn't properly medicated, including high cholesterol. But some doctors would rather prescribe Symthroid and Crestor, even though statins have their own side effects.

these nuts get called out

...looks like he's on his last legs. He's just plain fat and out of shape and eats horribly (fast food addiction). Would not doubt he's got heart probs., artereosclerosis, possible diabetes. Why is he putting on orange makeup? is his face an unhealthy grey? Let's see HIS health records

He guested on Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher in 1998.

The other guests we're Woody Harrelson and Todd McCormick on the medical marijuana side and Dr. Drew and Natalie Manes on the anti-medical marijuana side.

Here's a link to the transcript (unfortunately I couldn't find the video online).

http://list.hemp.net/pipermail/hemp-talk/1998-May/004985.html

Don't like him either. He is creepy, looks like Mike Pence with glasses on. He also reminds me of Michael Caines character in Dressed to Kill.

who had the misfortune to appear on his celebrity rehab garbage reality shows. I remember there were a lot of accusations about poor medical practice, including shabby treatments of people who had very serious medical issues like Jeff Conaway.

I remember Dr. Drew from years ago when he started as a "love advice" doctor. His ridiculous, shameless self-promotion over the years, constantly making pronouncements about how celebrities weren't being treated properly (when of course he had never done a proper evaluation of these people) when it was obvious that he was angling for fame was disgusting.

I am very happy to hear this, and I sincerely hope he drops off the face of the earth. Nobody should EVER give this charlatan a soapbox to stand on.

For some reason I can't link to a cbs article about Dr. Drew quitting his rehab show because of the controversy around it but here is a quote:

"In a recent radio interview, Pinsky said that he has no plans to air another season of VH1's "Celebrity Rehab" because he's "tired of taking all the heat" following the deaths of five former cast members.

"It's very stressful and very intense for me," Pinsky said in an on-air interview with "Zach Sang and the Gang." "To have people questioning my motives and taking aim at me because people get sick and die because they have a life-threatening disease, and I take the blame? Rodney King has a heart attack and I take blame for that?" (CBS May 3, 2013)

Seriously, what a PIG! Five people died, and he is complaining about the stress he endured.

Dr. Drew was so serious and Adam Corolla was pretty funny. I liked them both better back then. Now they are these weird republicans.

Sounds like his celebrity has vastly inflated his sense of self-importance (or "expertise&quot .

He disagreed with the diagnosis of narcissistic. Whatever???

didn't know about the breitbart connection. what a dick

There's a hole in the wall - it's called a door. Please make use of it. It's called an exit and you need to go.

In his interview with Don Lemon who was very persistent about Trump's disturbing behavior, Pinsky saw nothing troubling about Trump's personality but explained the benefits of narcissism and that Trump seemed to be functioning just dandy in his family and personal life. Nothing to see there!

Heard him say that years ago on Letterman.

HLN was a terrific idea, Headline news repeated every half-hour.