Friday 3 July 2020

Bad

The next book from the '100 book bucket list' poster selected for reading was 'Bad Science' by Ben Goldacre. Feeling a little bit dated now, as first published in 2008. At the time it may well have been necessary and urgent to point out some of Gillian McKeith's many failings, but in a way this seems a little redundant now as she's made a pretty good job of it herself since then. However, the principles still apply, and certainly if ever there was a time when we needed the media to step up be responsible for reporting science stories carefully and with balance, it is now.