Comments on: Simon Singh and the Bogus Chiropractic Association http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2009/05/19/simon-singh-and-the-bogus-chiropractic-association/ Watching. Pointing. Laughing. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:07:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: barriejohn http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2009/05/19/simon-singh-and-the-bogus-chiropractic-association/comment-page-1/#comment-179796 barriejohn Tue, 19 May 2009 20:44:30 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=1994#comment-179796 That should have been "readers of `Private Eye`", but I have no idea where it went! That should have been “readers of `Private Eye`”, but I have no idea where it went!

]]> By: barriejohn http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2009/05/19/simon-singh-and-the-bogus-chiropractic-association/comment-page-1/#comment-179795 barriejohn Tue, 19 May 2009 20:41:45 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=1994#comment-179795 There is an entry about this subject, and a link to a petition seeking changes to British libel law, at http://www.apathysketchpad.com today. I have commented myself at length there, so I won`t repeat it all here, suffice to say that Judge Eady is an "old friend" to readers of !! There is an entry about this subject, and a link to a petition seeking changes to British libel law, at http://www.apathysketchpad.com today. I have commented myself at length there, so I won`t repeat it all here, suffice to say that Judge Eady is an “old friend” to readers of !!

]]> By: Nick http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2009/05/19/simon-singh-and-the-bogus-chiropractic-association/comment-page-1/#comment-179794 Nick Tue, 19 May 2009 17:25:06 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=1994#comment-179794 I'd just like to note that the contentious passage was immediately followed by a paragraph in which Singh elaborates on the meaning of the contentious word "bogus": <blockquote cite="http://svetlana14s.narod.ru/Simon_Singhs_silenced_paper.html">I can confidently label these treatments as bogus because I have co-authored a book about alternative medicine with the world's first professor of complementary medicine, Edzard Ernst. He learned chiropractic techniques himself and used them as a doctor. This is when he began to see the need for some critical evaluation. Among other projects, he examined the evidence from 70 trials exploring the benefits of chiropractic therapy in conditions unrelated to the back. He found no evidence to suggest that chiropractors could treat any such conditions.</blockquote> I’d just like to note that the contentious passage was immediately followed by a paragraph in which Singh elaborates on the meaning of the contentious word “bogus”:

I can confidently label these treatments as bogus because I have co-authored a book about alternative medicine with the world’s first professor of complementary medicine, Edzard Ernst. He learned chiropractic techniques himself and used them as a doctor. This is when he began to see the need for some critical evaluation. Among other projects, he examined the evidence from 70 trials exploring the benefits of chiropractic therapy in conditions unrelated to the back. He found no evidence to suggest that chiropractors could treat any such conditions.

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