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So you call yourself a journalist? A challenge to the American media. AAP Circumcision Task Force member says “In the case of circumcision, the likelihood that the benefits would accrue to an individual child are relatively small”.

Recently the news media has been buzzing with reports on two “news” items: The American Academy of Pediatrics’ promised Circumcision Policy Statement; and Johns Hopkins researchers’ speculation that lowered rates of circumcision will raise health care costs by billions: