Ben Goldacre interview at Public Address
Russell Brown interviews Ben Goldacre:
Have the media got any better or worse at science in the time you’ve been writing about these issues?
Ha! Well, I’m not aware of any longitudinal studies that would make a fair comparison over time to say if they’ve got better. But I think the incredibly refreshing thing is that they’ve become less relevant. Wen I started writing about this stuff 15 years ago, mainstream media were the only game in town. It’s incredible to think that 15 years ago, you couldn’t talk back. The internet was not like it is today.
Thomas Lumley (@tslumley) is Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Auckland. His research interests include semiparametric models, survey sampling, statistical computing, foundations of statistics, and whatever methodological problems his medical collaborators come up with. He also blogs at Biased and Inefficient See all posts by Thomas Lumley »