Talk:Fred Levin
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Expand: Someone who cares should consider the misleading nature of this article vis-a-vis the fact that two law suits, filed by two other states prior to that of Florida, were the pioneering ones in the state-tobacco litigation. Even if evidently neither was denominated a "class action" or that is such if you accept the meaning of what is written here, each had the same net effect. For some reputable confirmation of the prior filings see http://www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/litigation/summary.html Further consideration should also be given to items already posted on the world wide web which will reduce this article's glowing terms of this lawyer, whose generous gifts should not blind Wiki-scholars to writing a well-balance factual detailing of Mr. Levin's career. I am unrebuttably not neutral, and for that reason alone can only suggest someone else correct this free ad of a bio note. Even those without legal training, can investigate with very little www work and begin to obtain a balanced understanding of his biggest achievement, one that some suggest has been shown to be a Pyrrhic victory of the worst sort (that will take a broader understanding of policy and of results). Chief.Scribe (talk) 23:32, 1 November 2008 (UTC) |
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[edit]This article has a lot of great info. Unfortunately it has some incredibly biased sections, notably in the tobacco section: "The dean of the Senate then secretly got the law passed on the last day of session and at the last minute. The Senator made it part of another law that everyone supported, and Fred’s amendments passed." "Secretly" is not a term that should be casually used to refer to legal/legislative proceedings of any sort, unless the article also exposes such a mode of operations. I also doubt that a single senator can "make" something part of another law without even committee approval, and that "everyone" truly supported the law, etc... basically this is a microcosm of problems throughout the article, which has a very conspiratorial tone. Someone familiar with the topic should fix this, as a casual reader might infer some strange conclusions from these claims. I don't want to just delete the POV parts because it is quite possible that there is an interesting story behind this narrative which could be properly explained, with the right level of confidence. -Dean dfsayers@gmail.com 07:37, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
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