Fiona Godlee

How the case against Andrew Wakefield was concocted

May 3, 2016 |

The case against Andrew Wakefield was funded by Murdoch; hatched by Brian Deer; launched in the Sunday Times; magnified by the BMJ Brian Deer is a freelance reporter who was paid by the Rupert Murdoch’s Sunday Times to “find something big about . . . Continue reading →

Andrew Wakefield, MD

September 26, 2014 |

“No name in contemporary English medicine is greeted with such polarized reactions as that of Dr. Andrew Wakefield” *read: L’affaire Wakefield: Shades of Dreyfus & BMJ’s Descent into Tabloid Science Andrew Wakefield, MD, an academic gastroenterologist, trained at St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School, . . . Continue reading →

BMJ & the Lancet Wedded to Merck CME Partnership

February 14, 2011 |

Why did the BMJ fail to disclose its partnership agreement with Merck, major vaccine manufacturer–13 vaccines, including the controversial MMR vaccine ?  Continue reading →