Ben Goldacre defends Dr. Andrew Wakefield
… and lays the blame for the MMR/Autism hoax where it belongs - on the shoulders of the British Press.
http://www.badscience.net/2008/08/the-medias-mmr-hoax/
“Dr Andrew Wakefield is in front of the General Medical Council on charges of serious professional misconduct, his paper on 12 children with autism and bowel problems is described as “debunked” - although it never supported the conclusions ascribed to it - and journalists have convinced themselves that his £435,643 fee from legal aid proves that his research was flawed.”
Well worth a read.