Category Archives: Media

Meta science reporting

By take21 | Published: June 24, 2008

Ben Goldacre has a piece on media coverage of health and medical research. 1. Mostly, press coverage is pretty poor. He cites a US study “After almost two years and 500 stories, the project has found that journalists usually fail to discuss costs, the quality of the evidence, the existence of alternative options, and the […]

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Dore documentary

By take21 | Published: June 13, 2008

– We’ve been sent a great set of links about  Dore  by Brainduck, one of the bloggers who have been applying scientific evaluation to the Dore claims. – Links from Brainduck are in ‘Dore, bloggers, Bad Science‘, scroll down to comments – Highly recommend the documentary from ABC Australia. It shows the key people, shows […]

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Dore, bloggers and Bad Science

By take21 | Published: June 9, 2008

It would be gratifying to report that the recent suspension of activities by the Dore company was the direct result of a better public understanding of research methods. Unfortunately, it is not quite as clear cut as that. The direct cause of Dore’s demise seems to be financial. First Australian, then UK and USA operations […]

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Spin, Spinwatch

By take21 | Published: May 30, 2008

Nick Jones– former BBC Parliamentary correspondent and recent Coventry Conversations speaker- has posted the article which formed the backbone of his Coventry talk. The article Against an avalanche of negative publicity Gordon Brown should opt for transparency is available from http://www.nicholasjones.org.uk/ The article is available as a podcast from Coventry Conversations Podcast archive. Nick also […]

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Compare and contrast

By take21 | Published: May 27, 2008

Compare the use of research in a commercially marketed treatment programme with a critique using standard methods for evaluating research evidence. Research links from the Dore website A page of selected results showing improvements in pupil’s scores for reading, SATs and attention symptoms. University and Education Authority studies are cited. In particular, papers published in […]

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Dore ‘miracle cure’

By take21 | Published: May 27, 2008

Winford Dore: ‘Dyslexia- The Miracle Cure’ Kenny Logan is a rugby player who has suffered from dyslexia. On BBC 4’s You and Yours he talks about being labelled as thick at school, the struggle to conceal his disability and the excitement of learning to read. He attributes his reading achievement to the Dore method. It […]

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Dore ‘miracle cure’

By take21 | Published: May 27, 2008

Winford Dore: ‘Dyslexia- The Miracle Cure’ Kenny Logan is a rugby player who has suffered from dyslexia. On BBC 4’s You and Yours he talks about being labelled as thick at school, the struggle to conceal his disability and the excitement of learning to read. He attributes his reading achievement to the Dore method. It […]

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Coventry Conversations

By take21 | Published: May 20, 2008

The excellent Coventry Conversations series continues through late May and the beginning of June. Check out work produced by students of Media Production at Coventry University in The Phoenix Media Festival. Thursday 22 May Nick Jones Former BBC Parliamentary Correspondent ‘Did Spin walk out of the door of Number 10 with Tony Blair?’ Wednesday 28 […]

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