It’s only when you line these jokers up side by side that you realise what a vast and unwinnable fight we face. Read the rest of this entry »
"Public opinion has moved sharply in favour of assisted suicide, according to a poll for The Sunday Times."
I was delighted to discover this week that the Times have started an innovative new column entitled “Bad Statistics”. It seems to me to be somewhat lacking in thoroughness. I should like to submit for their consideration an article from the Sunday Times on the 14th of December.
The opening sentence is: “Public opinion has moved sharply in favour of assisted suicide, according to a poll for The Sunday Times.” This opening sentence is, I believe, incorrect. Read the rest of this entry »
"I think you’ll find it’s a bit more complicated than that…" and other excellent Christmas gifts.
It’s cold out there, why would you go shopping when you could just click here and have at least a third of your festive gift requirements sorted in five minutes, from the comfort of your very own springy buttock cheeks?
Rather brilliantly I have been plagiarised by the Times…
Who have a new column called…
…ummm…. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s not my fault I fall into repetitive self parody. You started it.
Ben Goldacre
The Guardian
Saturday December 6 2008
Writing this column only really scares me because I wonder whether everything else in the media is as shamelessly, venally, manipulatively, one-sidedly, selectively reported on as the things I know about. I’m not going to go on about MMR again. But this week the reality editing was truly without comparison. Read the rest of this entry »
