Ghostwriting

WATCH: Gwyneth Paltrow, Rachael Ray Slam Ghostwriting Allegations

Posted 03.23.2012

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Ever since they were accused, in a March 13 New York Times article by Julia Moskin, of leaning on ghostwriters to complete their cookbooks, Gwyneth Pa...

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In Defense Of Cookbook Ghostwriting

Andrew_Friedman | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Food News, Jamie Oliver, Cookbook Collaborating, Andrew Friedman, Julia Moskin, New York Times, Ghostwriting, Gwyneth Paltrow, Toqueland, Rachael Ray, Food News

Having collaborated on more than 20 celebrity chef book projects, I could probably spend an entire day examining and commenting on all the questions raised by this unique and fascinating situation.

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Are You Taking Pills You Don't Need? Ask Ghostwriters

Martha Rosenberg | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Ghostwriting, Healthy Living Body, Pills, Big Pharma, Medication Unnecessary, Pharmaceutical Advertising, Healthy Living News

But ghostwriting also helps the national malaise of people suffering from and treating diseases that didn't even exist before and ballooning government and private health plans costs.

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Hormones Still Pushed, Still Dangerous

Martha Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women, Cancer, Breast Cancer, Big Pharma, Ghostwriting, Home News

The very reason progestin was added to estrogen as a menopausal remedy for women, was because estrogen inconvertibly causes endometrial cancer.

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Sarah Palin, the Truth Called. It Wants Its Books Back

John Shore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book News, Co-Authoring, Book Writing, Books, Ghostwriting, Book Business, Going Rogue, America by Heart, Lynn Vincent, Harpercollins, Sarah Palin, Barnes and Noble, Books News

It's no secret that Lynn Vincent's writing was literally indispensable to Going Rogue. And yet, Sarah Palin has very clearly done virtually all she can to take full credit for a book she didn't even write.

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Ghostwriting: Can't We Just Be Honest?

Rebecca Serle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lauren Conrad L.A. Candy, Tyra Banks, Hilary Duff Elixer, Lauren Conrad, Ghostwriting, Hilary Duff Novel, Books News

Slapping Hilary Duff's name on the cover, having her show up for signings and readings, going on morning talk shows and interviewing with David Letterman does not make her an author.

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Medical Schools Come Under Scrutiny For Freebies, Ghostwriting

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harvard Medical School Freebies, Harvard Medical School Regulations, Harvard Medical School, Academic Ghostwriting, Ghostwriting, College News

Harvard Medical School is laying down the law: No more freebies. The University's administration has recently tightened restrictions on corporate gift...

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Why Ghostwriting Isn't The Problem With Political Books

Los Angeles Times | Craig Fehrman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Spoken From the Heart, Laura Bush Book, Laura Bush Ghostwriter, Political Memoirs, Books, Ghostwriting, Ghostwriters, Political Books, Laura Bush Memoir, Books News

even politicians who write their own books don't write them alone, and we'd be better off looking past ghostwriting to the real problems behind politi...

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Andre Agassi's Open: Meth, Bitterness, And Bad Hair (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

Andre Agassi's new memoir, Open, out today, has been causing a stir because of major revelations in the book -- that Agassi used crystal meth regular...

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Ghostwritten Medical Articles Cast Doubt on Reliability of Drugs

Lennard Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Premarin, Depression, Estrogen Replacement Therapies, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Ghostwriting, Drug Companies, Prozac, Ghostwriters, Wyeth, Experts, Medicine, Medical-Journals, Business News

We need to be extremely careful when we read that "experts have said" or that "experiments have shown" -- particularly when we are looking at difficult-to-treat affective disorders.

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Op-Ed Writer Tells Apple: Leave Me Alone! (But Thanks)

William Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Newspapers, Daily Show, Apple, Jon Stewart, Ghostwriting, Bill Ayers, Environment, David Garth, Political Ads, New York Times, Newspaper Op-Eds, Media News

Before long, you realize you've read hundreds more words amplifying Apple's message, squeezing whole minutes more out of the traditional 30-second spot.

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