Dispatches. MMR: What They Didn't Tell You

doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7477.1293

BMJ 2004;329:1293 (27 November), doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7477.1293

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Dispatches. MMR: What They Didn't Tell You

Channel 4, Thursday 18 November at 9 pm

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If you didn't see this programme, find someone who taped it.Not only will you learn something about the MMR (measles, mumps,rubella) health scare, but it will also give you the opportunityto watch one of the most exciting examples of investigativetelevision journalism you will ever see. This episode of Dispatcheswas utterly compelling both in its presentation and in its lackof emotional blackmail.

Presenter and journalist Brian Deer seems to have singlehandedlyeaten away at the MMR story. His clear and simple presentationof this, his latest chapter—describing an enormous clashand conflict of interest between science, business, huge egos,and the potential to make megabucks—belies the huge andprolonged efforts he has clearly gone to in trying to get tothe bottom of the MMR tale of woe.

The story so far: following the publication of his paper inthe Lancet ( Lancet 1998. . . [Full text of this article]

Abi Berger, associate editor, BMJ, and general practitioner

London aberger@bmj.com

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