Interviewed on the Skeptic Zone Podcast, Ben Goldacre features on London Tonight: By the way — spot us bloggers who helped with the story at around the 2.30 min mark! Including The Lay Scientist and The Sceptic’s Book.
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Ben Goldacre On London Tonight About MMR
by podblack on March 12, 2009
Seriously Cool – Stephen Fry Weighs In On Ben Goldacre Vs Jeni Barnett
by podblack on February 10, 2009
From the comments on Ben Goldacre’s Bad Science site: The fatuity of the Jeni Barnett woman’s manner – her blend of self-righteousness and stupidity, her simply quite staggering inability to grasp, pursue or appreciate a sequence of logical steps – all these are signature characteristics of Britain these days. The lamentable truth is that most [...]
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Well, I Never Thought It’d Hit Wikipedia… More Barnett Barney LBC 97.3
by podblack on February 7, 2009
In a February 2009 show, Barnett’s topics included the MMR vaccine, in which she and some callers expressed negative opinions of the vaccination, allopathic medicine in general, and disagreed that recent disease outbreaks should be blamed on parents that choose not to vaccinate their children. The discussion attracted considerable criticism of its accuracy and possible [...]
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LBC 97.3 Jeni Barnett’s MMR Scaremongering – Full Transcript
by podblack on February 7, 2009
The Full Transcript: Part 1 — Science Punk Part 2 — The Lay Scientist Part 3 — PodBlack Cat Part 4 — The Skeptic’s Book Part 5 — Science Punk Part 6 — Holford Watch The Youtube Is Here:
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Jeni Barnett On LBC 97.3FM UK Radio – Vs John From Epsom
by podblack on February 6, 2009
From about twelve minutes in to about nineteen minutes in of the interview previously blogged about – a transcript: JB: You just heard from Tracey, four kids, became a homeopath on the back of thinking of whether she should have her first child immunised. And this is on the back of us being the ‘Dirty [...]
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Ben Goldacre – Will Not, Should Not, Be Silenced On Jeni Barnett Of LBC
by podblack on February 6, 2009
Firstly – listen to the latest Skeptic Zone Podcast interview with Dr Ben Goldacre of Bad Science. Then lend a bloggy hand: From the Bad Science Site: ‘Bad Science Bingo‘ and the resulting ‘Haha er “help”. Legal Chill from LBC 97.3 over Jeni Barnett’s MMR scaremongering’: Jeni Barnett is angry at the response to her [...]
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