Opinion ID: 2622669
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Heading: The First Broadcast

Text: ¶12 On September 5, 1995, Channel 4, KTVX, and Ms. Sawyers aired the first report about Dr. Jensen. [1] The report featured what it labeled miracle diet pills and asked are doctors prescribing these pills too freely? Ms. Sawyers told viewers that Dr. Jensen prescribed weight loss medications to her without examining her or asking if she had high blood pressure or diabetes, conditions which could be aggravated by the drugs Fastin and Pondimin. The broadcast also showed the hidden camera footage of Dr. Jensen admitting to Ms. Sawyers that he would be willing to work with her using Dexedrine, even though it was technically not legal for that reason. The report concluded by showing a portion of Ms. Sawyers' interview with Mr. Robinson at DOPL. Mr. Robinson was shown telling Ms. Sawyers that the division was very interested in looking into Dr. Jensen's license. Ms. Sawyers told viewers that the State Division of Licensing and the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency [have] both opened investigations into Dr. Jensen's prescribing practices. ¶13 The next day, Columbia FirstMed terminated Dr. Jensen's employment and Mountain View Hospital in Utah County revoked Dr. Jensen's privileges to practice medicine there. In addition, IHC Health Plans removed Dr. Jensen from its insurance panel due to his unprofessional and possibly illegal conduct that it believed had been disclosed in the September 5 KTVX broadcast.