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PUBLIC DUPED BY MEDIA OVER MMR This was the headline-grabbing claim emerging from a survey published on 19th May 2003 by the Economic and Social Research Council (1). On cue, the British press promoted yet another piece of idiot science from the anti-MMR campaign. According to research carried out at the Cardiff University School of Journalism, 53 per cent of those surveyed at the height of the media coverage of the MMR controversy in early 2002 believed that, because both sides of the debate received equal media coverage, there must be equal evidence for each. Though almost all scientific experts rejected the claim of a link between MMR and autism, only 23 per cent of those interviewed were aware that the bulk of evidence favoured supporters of the vaccine. 'MMR raises risk of brain disorders say researchers' proclaimed the Daily Mail on 20 May 2003. Yet another report undermining public confidence in MMR...

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