Bad Science » legal chill http://www.badscience.net Ben Goldacre's Bad Science column from the Guardian and more... Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:39:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 NMT are suing Dr Wilmshurst. So how trustworthy are this company? Let’s look at their website… http://www.badscience.net/2010/12/nmt-are-suing-dr-wilmshurst-so-how-trustworthy-are-they/ http://www.badscience.net/2010/12/nmt-are-suing-dr-wilmshurst-so-how-trustworthy-are-they/#comments Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:44:27 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/?p=1884 http://www.badscience.net/2010/12/nmt-are-suing-dr-wilmshurst-so-how-trustworthy-are-they/feed/ 29 I made a documentary about science and libel for the BBC: here it is http://www.badscience.net/2010/12/i-made-a-documentary-about-science-and-libel-for-the-bbc-here-it-is/ http://www.badscience.net/2010/12/i-made-a-documentary-about-science-and-libel-for-the-bbc-here-it-is/#comments Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:29:51 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/?p=1874 http://www.badscience.net/2010/12/i-made-a-documentary-about-science-and-libel-for-the-bbc-here-it-is/feed/ 13 Science is about embracing your knockers – updated as Rodial begin to play games http://www.badscience.net/2010/11/science-is-about-embracing-your-knockers/ http://www.badscience.net/2010/11/science-is-about-embracing-your-knockers/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:45:48 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/?p=1848 http://www.badscience.net/2010/11/science-is-about-embracing-your-knockers/feed/ 42 And then I was incompetently libelled by a litigious millionaire http://www.badscience.net/2010/07/and-then-i-was-incompetently-libelled-by-a-litigious-millionaire/ http://www.badscience.net/2010/07/and-then-i-was-incompetently-libelled-by-a-litigious-millionaire/#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:01:00 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2010/07/and-then-i-was-incompetently-libelled-by-a-litigious-millionaire/ http://www.badscience.net/2010/07/and-then-i-was-incompetently-libelled-by-a-litigious-millionaire/feed/ 79 Libel claimants get what they deserve. So do you. http://www.badscience.net/2010/04/libel-litigants-get-what-they-deserve-and-so-do-the-public/ http://www.badscience.net/2010/04/libel-litigants-get-what-they-deserve-and-so-do-the-public/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:23:41 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2010/04/libel-litigants-get-what-they-deserve-and-so-do-the-public/ http://www.badscience.net/2010/04/libel-litigants-get-what-they-deserve-and-so-do-the-public/feed/ 22 British Chiropractic Association drops shameful libel case against science writer who criticised them http://www.badscience.net/2010/04/british-chiropractic-association-drops-shameful-libel-case-against-science-writer-who-criticised-them/ http://www.badscience.net/2010/04/british-chiropractic-association-drops-shameful-libel-case-against-science-writer-who-criticised-them/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:30:40 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2010/04/british-chiropractic-association-drops-shameful-libel-case-against-science-writer-who-criticised-them/ http://www.badscience.net/2010/04/british-chiropractic-association-drops-shameful-libel-case-against-science-writer-who-criticised-them/feed/ 20 I patent your ass. And your leg. And your nostril. http://www.badscience.net/2010/04/i-patent-your-ass-and-your-leg-and-your-nostril/ http://www.badscience.net/2010/04/i-patent-your-ass-and-your-leg-and-your-nostril/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 22:58:44 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2010/04/i-patent-your-ass-and-your-leg-and-your-nostril/ http://www.badscience.net/2010/04/i-patent-your-ass-and-your-leg-and-your-nostril/feed/ 38 Last chance for libel reform: mass lobby of MPs next Tuesday http://www.badscience.net/2010/03/last-chance-for-libel-reform-mass-lobby-of-mps-next-tuesday/ http://www.badscience.net/2010/03/last-chance-for-libel-reform-mass-lobby-of-mps-next-tuesday/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:05:23 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2010/03/last-chance-for-libel-reform-mass-lobby-of-mps-next-tuesday/ http://www.badscience.net/2010/03/last-chance-for-libel-reform-mass-lobby-of-mps-next-tuesday/feed/ 4 Libel Reform http://www.badscience.net/2009/12/libel-reform/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/12/libel-reform/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:22:33 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2009/12/libel-reform/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/12/libel-reform/feed/ 22 Behold the jot of evidence http://www.badscience.net/2009/10/behold-the-jot-of-evidence/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/10/behold-the-jot-of-evidence/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:40:20 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/?p=1386 http://www.badscience.net/2009/10/behold-the-jot-of-evidence/feed/ 65 Protecting the powerful is a feature, not a bug http://www.badscience.net/2009/09/protecting-the-powerful-is-a-feature-not-a-bug/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/09/protecting-the-powerful-is-a-feature-not-a-bug/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:43:04 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2009/09/protecting-the-powerful-is-a-feature-not-a-bug/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/09/protecting-the-powerful-is-a-feature-not-a-bug/feed/ 45 “We are more possible than you can powerfully imagine” http://www.badscience.net/2009/07/we-are-more-possible-than-you-can-powerfully-imagine/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/07/we-are-more-possible-than-you-can-powerfully-imagine/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:20:26 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/?p=1272 http://www.badscience.net/2009/07/we-are-more-possible-than-you-can-powerfully-imagine/feed/ 36 A characteristically amateurish and socially inappropriate approach to pitching an article http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/a-characteristically-amateurish-and-socially-inappropriate-approach-to-pitching-an-article/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/a-characteristically-amateurish-and-socially-inappropriate-approach-to-pitching-an-article/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 17:56:30 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/a-characteristically-amateurish-and-socially-inappropriate-approach-to-pitching-an-article/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/a-characteristically-amateurish-and-socially-inappropriate-approach-to-pitching-an-article/feed/ 21 LBC, MMR, Jeni Barnett, an Early Day Motion, the Times, and, er, a bit of Stephen Fry… http://www.badscience.net/2009/02/lbc-mmr-jeni-barnett-an-early-day-motion-the-times-and-er-a-bit-of-stephen-fry/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/02/lbc-mmr-jeni-barnett-an-early-day-motion-the-times-and-er-a-bit-of-stephen-fry/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:35:36 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2009/02/lbc-mmr-jeni-barnett-an-early-day-motion-the-times-and-er-a-bit-of-stephen-fry/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/02/lbc-mmr-jeni-barnett-an-early-day-motion-the-times-and-er-a-bit-of-stephen-fry/feed/ 154 Er, “help”. Legal Chill from LBC 97.3 and “Global Radio” over Jeni Barnett’s MMR scaremongering http://www.badscience.net/2009/02/legal-chill-from-lbc-973-over-jeni-barnetts-mmr-scaremongering/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/02/legal-chill-from-lbc-973-over-jeni-barnetts-mmr-scaremongering/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:32:42 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2009/02/legal-chill-from-lbc-973-over-jeni-barnetts-mmr-scaremongering/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/02/legal-chill-from-lbc-973-over-jeni-barnetts-mmr-scaremongering/feed/ 234