Houston Chronicle Editorial Gaffe

The quote shown above appeared in today's Houston Chronicle in a story about the FDA's approval of the drug Avandia. The placement of this story just to the right of the totally unrelated story about a mother who may have killed one or more of her babies was unfortunate to say the least.

The quote certainly should have been omitted if the editor were paying attention to the placement of the two stories. Furthermore, at best the quote is a cliche and served no other purpose than to help fill out the story to two full columns. I did write the Chronicle a letter about this.