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I was under impression by journalist contacts that the memo on avoiding false balance wrt vaccines got around ages ago. With SB276 in the news & a record yr for measles cases, this is a prime example of types of unhelpful stories.
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So, the juxtaposition of Sears' quotes with Offit's quotes, coupled with the bit about Sears being "research-driven" implies to the reader that there is a legitimate scientific controversy over whether vaccines cause autism, when there is not.
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Back when I first started blogging nearly 15 years ago, this sort of false balance would drive me up a wall, and I used to write about it all the time. Then, after Wakefield was disgraced, it largely went away (about vaccines, anyway). Do I need to fear a resurgence?
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The part where Sears' brother...
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