Breakthrough or Ballyhoo?

Synopsis: Are newspaper headlines and their stories to be believed? Recent examples include ‘British breakthrough likely to end asthma suffering’, ‘Vitamin K linked to child cancer’, and ‘Astronomers find Holy Grail of cosmos in first sign of creation’. Dr Richard Smith, editor of the ‘British Medical Journal’, argues that press reports on scientific matters ensure that, at best, the public is confused, and at worst it is mislead, and that the end result is a society increasingly distrustful of science.
Series: Antenna, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.
Year of production: 1992
Availability: Off-air recording licence
Subjects: Science
Keywords: history of science; science; science in the media

Producer

John Groom

Contributor

Caroline van den Brul

Cast

Richard Smith

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