Re: Science writer wins libel appeal.
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Originally Posted by foreverwar
(Post 34992685)
If the evidence was available, why wasn't it shown/used?.
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I have no idea why Singh didn't use the medical evidence (the evidence was however used in court which is why the BCA won it's initial libel case. Singh has appealed on the grounds that he claims he wasn't stating fact but his personal opinion-which happened to be reported as fact in the national press). AFAIK, he was asked if he had actually read the medical evidence that he claimed didn't exist. He hadn't. It was supplied to him for his perusal, he refused to read it (or possibly read it and refused to change his stance-I can't remember). He was asked to retract his statements, he refused. He was therefore sued for libel. :shrug:
There is a background to all this. Singh is mates with Ernzt who is the "UKs only professor of alternative medicine" and who really dislikes chiropractors. We don't know why he dislikes only chiropractors amongst all the people who provide joint manipulation as a therapy. Ernzt always bangs on about chiropractic manipulation as being dangerous whilst bizarrely ignoring osteopaths, physiotherapists, consultants, lay manipulators and Turkish barbers who all are known to provide joint manipulation to greater in lesser degrees.
Anyway, Singh and Ernzt wrote a book trashing (rightly or wrongly) various alternative therapies and Singh made some claims which are untrue whilst publicizing the book........which kicked all this off. |
