Ben Goldacre of Bad Science talks about Sensationalised Science Reporting from Conrad on Vimeo.
I interviewed Ben Goldacre (who writes about bad science for The Guardian and The Times) after his talk at the Weird Science event at Conway Hall. Reasons for conducting the interview in the toilet: it was the only quiet place in Conway Hall, and it was funny.
Ben Goldacre on how blogs ‘can be more reliable’ than mainstream media | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog | 20-Jan-09 at 3:22 am | Permalink
[...] Courtesy of Conrad Quilty-Harper, of the Spalpeen blog, here’s Dr Ben Goldacre on video talking about Bad Science… in a toilet (Goldacre’s choice, apparently). With little fear of the germs, Goldacre puts the loo seat down (about halfway through) and summarizes his thoughts on sensationalised science reporting. [...]