Deer on Autism, Vaccination, and Scientific Fraud

<p>Investigative journalist Brian Deer talks with EconTalk<br /> host Russ Roberts about Deer's seven years of reporting and legal issues<br /> surrounding the 1998 article in The Lancet claiming that the MMR vaccine<br /> causes autism and bowel problems. Deer's dogged pursuit of the truth led<br /> to the discovery that the 1998 article was fraudulent and that the lead<br /> author had hidden payments he received from lawyers to finance the<br /> original study. In this podcast, Deer describes how he uncovered the<br /> truth and the legal consequences that followed. The conversation closes<br /> with a discussion of the elusiveness of truth in science and medicine.</p>