Since the first article on Wakefield came out on the London Times website, a couple of events of note have happened.
(1) Remember that the Times of London is a Rupert Murdoch paper. That will either raise or lower the truth value on your truthometer (or bring to mind quaint headlines like this one from the Murdoch NY Post: "Headless Body Founrd in Topless bar". See: http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/anniversary/35th/n_8568/ (2) Brian Deer, the writer of the London Times article apparently is not a disinterested reviewer of facts. This was brought out in David Kirby's blog on the Huffingtom Post after Keith Oblerman had listed Wakefield as his "Worst Person in the World"; see: http://skepticcat.blogspot.com/2009/02/olberman-andrew-wakefield-worst-person.html However, Kirby presents details about Brian Deer that cast doubt on Deer's objectively and veracity; see: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-kirby/keith-olbermann-todays-be_b_166103.html Olberman has since offered an apology (correction?) for his Worst Person nomination (3) Olberman is in a perpatual war with Bill O'Reilly and when he quotes Murdoch he does it in as "Pirate voice" with Arrgh! thrown in. It is ironic that he used an article in a Murdoch paper which he later had to retract. (4) Whether David Kirby is a disinterested reviewer is also open to review, as he has written at least on book on the vaccine-autism controvery. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
