Now that we have finally seen that Ben is his daddy’s son:
http://www.ageofautism.com/2010/08/whats-behind-ben-goldacre-.html
We can begin to piece together where the wonderkid might have come from.
He appeared fully grown in 2003, already an opinion-former. His piece defending the MMR vaccine (MMR: Never mind the facts) promptly won the coveted Association of British Science Writers award for best feature article of 2003. Coincidentally (!) this award is sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline, a major MMR vaccine manufacturer.
As the Conchrane review states,
“The design and reporting of safety outcomes in MMR vaccine studies, both pre- and post-marketing, are largely inadequate. The evidence of adverse events following immunisation with MMR cannot be separated from its role in preventing the target diseases.”
http://www2.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab004407.html
It’s good to see Ben has taken Goebbels advice to heart,
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.”
There’s more to award winning journalist Bengoldacre
http://avilian.co.uk/2008/12/martin-j-walker-writes/
http://avilian.co.uk/2010/08/what%E2%80%99s-behind-ben-goldacre/