April 15, 2009 on Newswipe
BBC4 Medical doctor and Guardian Bad Science columnist Ben Goldacre's opinion on how tabloid arses and well-meaning journalists alike can spread dangerous misinformation by selective reporting and ignorance of how evidence-based medicine works - sometimes with serious consequences for public health.See Also:
- Ben's blog: BadScience.net
- Rise in mumps and measles in the UK due to the media-generated vaccine scare (scroll down to graph)
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