Deer on Autism, Vaccination, and Scientific Fraud

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