South Wales Evening Post guilty of ‘rash journalism’

Rebecca TV in its latest article on the Welsh press has published a hard hitting article on the South Wales Evening Post articles and their role in the MMR jab and its links to autism and the current measles outbreak that started in Swansea.

It states ‘A large part of the responsibility for the outbreak rests with Swansea’s local paper, the Evening Post.

In 1997 the paper ran a high-profile series of articles on behalf of a group of parents who believed the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine — MMR — had damaged their children.

No medical evidence has ever been found to justify these concerns.

The paper’s campaign led to a dramatic fall in vaccination rates in the area which helped to create a large reserve of unprotected children. This allowed the current outbreak to take hold and spread.

The newspaper refuses to accept its share of the responsibility for the largest measles epidemic in Wales this century.

The current editor says the Evening Post was only doing what any responsible newspaper would have done.

But Rebecca Television has investigated the campaign — and finds the paper guilty of rash journalism.'

Aside from the embarrassment for the newspaper and the personal distress to families the article is also a timely reminder of the power of the press to sway public opinion for good or bad.

The full article is HERE

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