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bmnb123
New Member
USA
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 Posted - 09/17/2009 : 15:24:52
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I found this in slasdot.
In Britain, libel laws are censoring the ability of journalists to write stories about bogus science. Simon Singh, a Ph.D. physicist and author of several best-selling popular-science books, is currently being sued by the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) for saying that there is no evidence for claims that visiting a chiropractor has health benefits. A year earlier, writer Ben Goldacre faced a libel suit for an article critical of Matthias Rath, who claimed that vitamin supplements can treat HIV and AIDS in place of conventional drugs like anti-retrovirals. In Britain, libel laws don't have any presumption of innocence ?any statement made is assumed to be false unless you prove it's true. Journalists are running scared.
http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/cracking-the-spine-of-libel/
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The Rat
SFN Regular
Canada
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Posted - 09/19/2009 : 15:13:27 [Permalink]
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| British libel law has been a national embarrassment for years, it's past time that the citizenry rose up in defiance of it. |
Bailey's second law; There is no relationship between the three virtues of intelligence, education, and wisdom.
You fiend! Never have I encountered such corrupt and foul-minded perversity! Have you ever considered a career in the Church? - The Bishop of Bath and Wells, Blackadder II
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In Britain, Better Not Call It Bogus Science
