This week the SMC ran a press briefing to publish two new pieces of research reporting that media coverage of the ‘statins wars’ was associated with some patients stopping taking their tablets.
By Fiona Fox This blog contains the thoughts of the author rather than representing the work or policy of the Science Media Centre. There are worrying reports from
By Fiona Fox This blog contains the thoughts of the author rather than representing the work or policy of the Science Media Centre. Can someone please explain to
By Fiona Fox This blog contains the thoughts of the author rather than representing the work or policy of the Science Media Centre. Last week we ran press
By Fiona Fox This blog contains the thoughts of the author rather than representing the work or policy of the Science Media Centre. Michael Gove is shaping up
By Fiona Fox This blog contains the thoughts of the author rather than representing the work or policy of the Science Media Centre. This week I had the
By Fiona Fox This blog contains the thoughts of the author rather than representing the work or policy of the Science Media Centre. There is a quiet revolution
Speaking on Radio 4’s PM about Owen Paterson’s GM speech last week, food campaigner Joanna Blythman attacked the SMC for issuing comments to the press from ‘industry-funded pseudoscientists’. Joanna is not alone
I have done my fair share of whinging about ‘false balance’ in science reporting where producers and editors feel the need to balance a scientist representing the overwhelming scientific consensus
