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by thaumasiotes 1986 days ago
> Think of all the foundations that have been created because some wealthy celebrity (or a relative of theirs) had a particular medical condition.

> Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

This is a tangent, but I remember a minor news item of Michael J. Fox appearing in an ad soliciting donations for Parkinson's research, Rush Limbaugh (maybe?) criticizing him for "exaggerating his symptoms" in the ad, and then Jon Stewart (definitely) lambasting the criticism on the Daily Show, something along the lines of "How DARE Michael J. Fox appear in an ad trying to fund research into the crippling disease that Michael J. Fox has?!?"

I've been trying to find a clip of that, if anyone knows where to look?

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Clip of it within another clip of an interview with Michael J. Fox:

ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_fQ3VLSvfI