http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/25744/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/cbs-forgets-its-own-anti-vaccine-reporting-wonders-why-view-gained-any-traction-all <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> ‘Evening News’ says autism link ‘discredited,’ but fails to criticize CBS role in publicizing such claims. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/joseph-rossell">Joseph Rossell</a> </div> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr">CBS “Evening News” attempted to show that there is no link between vaccines and autism on Feb. 10, but seemed confused that anti-vaccination views got “traction at all.” </p><p dir="ltr">CBS News National Correspondent Jim Axelrod did a good job of showing how a “discredited” study by Dr. Andrew Wakefield scared parents away from the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, but he failed to acknowledge that his own network played a part in that fearmongering.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/cbs-forgets-its-own-anti-vaccine-reporting-wonders-why-view-gained-any-traction-all" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Health Media 60 Minutes anti-vaccination anti-vaxxers autism cbs childhood diseases Children Evening News fear of vaccination health immunization junk science measles mumps rubella Science vaccination vaccination fear Wed, 11 Feb 2015 21:37:16 +0000 julia.seymour 48228 at http://archive2.mrc.org