Aside from defending manufacturers of deadly pollutants, the magazine has also developed a line in stories that extol the virtues of new drugs and vaccines while scaring the bejeezus out of readers with tales of exotic new viruses. Cynthia Cotts, writing in the Village Voice last month, was suspicious about The New Yorker 's newfound fascination with vaccines and diseases. She found that an October opinion piece advocating universal immunization was eerily similar to a press release by an industry lobby group that represents companies with billions of dollars worth of new vaccines in development. In mainstream media, these are everyday sins. The New Yorker 's descent into junk science and shilling for drug barons is remarkable only because it had so much further to fall.
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