Dear Observer
Thank you for publishing my letter
regarding the Observer article on the Burzynski Clinic. I am grateful
that you gave me the opportunity to raise some of my concerns regarding
this organisation. However I am compelled to draw your attention to my
concern about the level of the Observer’s response to the issues raised.
You cannot be unaware of the ongoing debates on Twitter and in the
blogosphere about the Burzynski Clinic. As well as consideration of the
medical and ethical issues involved, some of this debate is about the
responsibility of the Observer to redress the balance with regard to
this matter. There is a perception that the Observer, albeit
unwittingly, has given a validity and respectability to an organisation
which is exploiting the vulnerable. Many individuals have contacted the
Observer expressing their concern, but the printing of one letter does
not reflect the disquiet felt amongst the skeptical community. Should
you wish to have some measure of this disquiet I can refer you to the
excellent blog of Josephine Jones who is maintaining a list of all blogs dealing with this matter. Andy Lewis, Ben Goldacre and David Colquhoun have all made eloquent and persuasive contributions which deserve wider dissemination.
I am still hopeful that the Observer will fulfil what I believe to be
its responsibility for providing its readership with an informed and
balanced view of the issues raised in the original article.
Mike Warren
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