Ben Goldacre - Fact Checking Scientist

Published: Feb. 15, 2017, 11:39 a.m.

"Fake News" was 2016's word of the year (according to the Macquarie Dictionary). Can "fake news" make you sick ? \xa0Doctor Karl\xa0meets a fact-checking scientist. Ben Goldacre reviews articles in medical Journals. Ben is\xa0"Senior Clinical Research Fellow"\xa0at the Center for Evidence-Based Medicine at Oxford University and he says there are\xa0reasons to be concerned. (His Dead cat is\xa0a professional member\xa0of the American Association of Nutritional Consultants - proof that fancy titles means nothing.)\xa0