April 18th, 2009 by Ben Goldacre
in MMR, dodgy academic press releases, mail, medicalisation, scare stories, telegraph | 72 Comments »
Ben Goldacre
Saturday April 18, 2009
The Guardian
Is it somehow possible – and I know I’m going out on a limb here – that journalists wilfully misinterpret and ignore scientific evidence, simply in order to generate stories that reflect their own political and cultural prejudices? Because my friend Martin, from the excellent layscience blog, has made a pretty excellent discovery. Read the rest of this entry »
January 17th, 2009 by Ben Goldacre
in bad science, badscience, dodgy academic press releases, express, presenting numbers, statistics | 65 Comments »
The Guardian,
Saturday January 17 2009
Ben Goldacre
“Danger from just 7 cups of coffee a day” said the Express on Wednesday. “Too much coffee can make you hallucinate and sense dead people say sleep experts. The equivalent of just seven cups of instant coffee a day is enough to trigger the weird responses.” The story appeared in almost every national newspaper. Read the rest of this entry »
