The world has fallen in on Jeni Barnett and LBC after they tried to pick a fight with Ben 'Bad Science' Goldacre.
To recap: Jeni hosts a phone-in on LBC where she prattles on about so-called MMR fears without the slightest idea what she is talking about. Simply being a parent is, it seems, excuse enough to give someone airtime to talk crap and scare other parents. So when Ben posts an extended clip ofthe show to prove how awful it is, LBC suits start talking about copyright infringement.
Now everyone has decided to have a pop at LBC and Jeni and take their excuses and operation apart. Not living in London, I didn't even know Jeni existed before a couple of days ago but now she is indelibly linked in my mind with a particular kind of selfishly irrational behaviour. You know, the one where people drive their kids to school in 4x4s and park in the no parking zone while talking on the telephone.
Ben provides an extensive update here.
And now another one here. The world falling in Jeni and LBC means Ben Goldacre and his supporters are now being accused of bullying. Ben's temperate response to that accusation is well done; even if my comments above are more about playing the man rather than the ball.
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