from The New York Times
November 22, 2008
By GARDINER HARRIS
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/22/health/22radio.html?emc=eta1
An influential psychiatrist who was the host of the popular NPR program “The Infinite Mind†earned at least $1.3 million from 2000 to 2007 giving marketing lectures for drugmakers, income not mentioned on the program.
The psychiatrist and radio host, Dr. Frederick K. Goodwin, is the latest in a series of doctors and researchers whose ties to drugmakers have been uncovered by Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa. Dr. Goodwin, a former director of the National Institute of Mental Health, is the first news media figure to be investigated.
Margaret Low Smith, vice president of National Public Radio, said NPR would remove “The Infinite Mind†from its satellite radio service next week, the earliest date possible. Ms. Smith said that had NPR been aware of Dr. Goodwin’s financial interests, it would not have broadcast the program.