SBS’s Insight accused of betraying people living with chronic fatigue syndrome who appeared on program
by Amanda Meade Media correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6XVB8)
Broadcaster receives hundreds of negative comments including claims it presented a potentially harmful and unscientific narrative
People living with ME or chronic fatigue syndrome who appeared on SBS's Insight program have accused the broadcaster of betraying them in the final cut, which presented what they claim is a potentially harmful and unscientific narrative and favoured a person who said she had cured herself" by listening to her body".
The SBS ombudsman is investigating their individual complaints, as well as one from Emerge Australia, the national advocacy body for patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).
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