Christine Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 What a wonderful way to kick-off Lung Cancer Awareness Month! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaDD1KbgHAg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb73 Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Christine, Thanks so much for this opportunity to see Kathryn Joosten on "The View." If it weren't for this clip, I would have missed this. She is wonderful and so "out there" in her fight to advocate for ending the stigma that has so long plagued those struck with lung cancer. Barbara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geri Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 I saw this live and also recorded it and re-watched it later, just to be sure I was remembering it right. Those women on the View are so rude. This is one of the few times that Elizabeth Hasselback has not been combative about something as "nasty" as smoking, I actually liked her for a few minutes. Kathryn Joosten seemed so frustrated that they weren't listening properly, why these people felt that they had to push the smoking angle so hard is beyond me. Maybe I picked up on it more because as an ex-smoker I too am frustrated when that question comes up yet again. The interview was certainly good from an awareness point of view, a lot of people will remember what November represents but like me they also remember how ignorant of lung cancer the panel are.....their opinions were so biased because of the smoking issue and I am amazed that Barbara Walters, who said she'd lost two cousins to lc and is a reporter, was more interested (and better informed)about Patrick Swayze's widow As annoying as I found the 'ladies' of the View - I always find them annoying anyway - it was still good from an 'advertising' point of view. gotta run now, time to exercise so I can walk on Saturday......Yeah right; I will walking but I won't be ready for it Now I'll get off my saop box, Geri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recce101 Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Yes, a couple of the panelists insisted on pushing the smoking angle, but Kathryn was able to get her point across at the end. It was a good representation of the stigma that exists across the country. Thanks for the link! Ned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted November 5, 2009 Author Share Posted November 5, 2009 I agree about the smoking issue. It irritated me as well, but as they say, "perception is reality", and unfortunately that is the reality of this disease. At least the segment raised awareness as the View has a large audience. Without watching it again, I believe it was Kathryn who mentioned that hormone replacement therapy was shown to cause LC. MAYBE that made the light bulb go off for some people. One can only hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet B Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 I thought Kathryn Joosten did a great job - she had points she wanted to make and she tried her best to speak over the "ladies" Last time she was on the show she tried to talk about lung cancer and they totally changed the subject - so they are improving, but not much. I wrote to "The View" about my disappointment that the "ladies" kept focusing on the smoking issue even as Kathryn Joosten was trying to explain the misconceptions and stigma problems. I suggested they get a Lung Cancer specialist on the show this month - but since I wrote to them last year and got no response - I don't expect one this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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