HHS autism data embargoed for major media, but not the "autism community"

HealthJournalism.org
The Department of Health and Human Services last week discussed, under embargo, an important autism report, but didn't mention to reporters that it had already released much of the report to the "autism community" with no publishing restrictions. "The incident raises serious questions about giving special interests privileged access to data at the expense of major media outlets, as well as the validity of embargoes in an era of increasing media fluidity," writes Andrew Van Dam.