tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post782793114759484971..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: Today, You Will Hear And Watch This Bullshit From The BBCDick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-85055653552613513642009-09-23T02:16:52.721+01:002009-09-23T02:16:52.721+01:00I have just complained to Andy Burnham, Secretary ...I have just complained to Andy Burnham, Secretary of State for Health, about the anti-smoking 'Batter the Smoker' advert. I have asked him to stop this advert being shown. No doubt, I am wasting my time complaining, but you have to try.<br /><br />I once went to a seminar about something or other and the 'lecturer' said, "If 10 people support a bad idea and 1 person supports a good idea, you do not have to go with the majority".<br /><br />This is the politician's paradox - go with the good idea and you lose votes. Go with the bad idea and you hurt people, not necessarily the majority. <br /><br />This is a serious, serious problem, as we have seen with the smoking ban.<br /><br />Only serious concentration on the FACTS will solve the paradox problem.Junicannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-43901310704599796112009-09-22T18:41:54.209+01:002009-09-22T18:41:54.209+01:00You missed the climate bullshit. They quoted the p...You missed the climate bullshit. They quoted the president of the Maldives again; the one who ignores his own scientific advisors, who stubbornly refuse to tell him that sea levels around the islands are rising at all.Sam Duncannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-79382575709761333212009-09-22T16:08:51.542+01:002009-09-22T16:08:51.542+01:00Thanks for that Ben. So the participation of the w...Thanks for that Ben. So the participation of the worldwide head anti-smoking bell end suggests that this isn't actually a science study or meta analysis at all. Merely pure 100% ASH propaganda. That the Beeb swallowed it illustrates the depths to which their reputation as a respected news service have sunk.<br /><br />Anon: I certainly intend to complain, this is the second time in a few weeks that the BBC have reported studies written andpaid for by ASH as being scientific and trustworthy. And they say they are unbiased? Sheesh.Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-43464476632670717562009-09-22T14:11:11.567+01:002009-09-22T14:11:11.567+01:00The only hope of stopping this is to bombard the B...The only hope of stopping this is to bombard the BBC with complaints and corrections. There are so many BBC web pages that the people who write them are probably not qualified in any way to carry out the task. I don't think they are on a mission. They need something to write and press releases on subjects guaranteed to provoke debate must be very welcome. A problem I've had is that there does not seem to be an overall editor of the BBC health web pages to whom one can write. Can other readers suggest the best avenue of approach?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-16458342160752564642009-09-22T12:13:47.230+01:002009-09-22T12:13:47.230+01:00"This "heart gain" is far greater t..."This "heart gain" is far greater than both originally anticipated and the 10% figure recently quoted by England's Department of Health."<br /><br />I see this this 10% figure has now passed into fact despite the study not being due until next year.<br /><br />Dick, you really ought to stay away from the BBC you know. All the stress they cause you can't be good for your blood pressure..BTSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-53950059686264418542009-09-22T10:45:43.657+01:002009-09-22T10:45:43.657+01:00you are correct in your analysis re: bullshit stat...you are correct in your analysis re: bullshit stats, but there are two errors. Firstly the BBC don't force us to pay, since we aren't forced to have a telly. Secondly, the penalty for not having a license is a fine, imposed by a court. Imprisonment, for non-payment of a fine, is likewise imposed by the court. In effect, though, the TV license is protection money, obtained with menaces under state approval.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-82050175614442990762009-09-22T05:21:07.778+01:002009-09-22T05:21:07.778+01:00And look who's on the team with James M. Light...And look who's on the team with James M. Lightwood. You should have guessed it, it's Stanton A. Glantz.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16821473060642204067noreply@blogger.com