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MD on L.A. News Program Says Chiropractors Aren't Doctors

Editorial Staff

On Thursday, January 28, KCOP channel 13 in Los Angeles aired an alternative health care segment on their 10:00 nightly news program. On that program, Richard Colin, MD said that millions of dollars are spent on worthless alternative health care, i.e., health care outside the realm of medicine. He further stated that chiropractors were not doctors.

The news director of the program was Jeff Wald.

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KCOP, Channel 13
News Director Jeff Wald
951 N. La Brea Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90038
Tele: (213) 851-1000

February 1993
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