Hi everybody Cheryl Ackison

Cheryl Ackison here.

Welcome to another edition of the Cheryl Ackison

podcast.

Today an Extra edition and a little bit of a switch-up.

I'm interviewed by Leah Wilson, Executive Director of Stand for Health Freedom. Freedom. Today I'm being interviewed by Leo Wilson, executive director of Stan for Health Freedom.

She asks me a lot about my journalistic background, how I came to

cover some of the stories that I covered today, and we talk about what went on

behind the scenes as the media environment changed from one that was inviting stories,

once upon a time that looked into media scandals and health scandals,

to one that was then almost wholly controlled by. and health

scandals to one that was then almost wholly controlled by the pharmaceutical industry

and the health industry, meaning those kinds of stories cannot easily be fairly

reported in many outlets anymore.

After Leo Wilson interviewed me, I asked if it was okay if I posted this on my podcast and she said,

yep, go ahead.

But as part of the podcast, you will get to learn something about

Stand for Health Freedom and Leo Wilson, who started this nonprofit or co-founded it in 2019. She is an attorney and reading off the website an attorney with a

background in complex litigation and advocacy. She is passionate about

children's health and worked on child welfare issues for more than a decade.

She writes on the website, the over medication of children and foster care as a form of behavior

management is what compiled her to become an advocate and

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