Jeni Barnett and MMR Vaccine Controversy
A broadcast on 7 January 2009 by Jeni Barnett in which she debated the putative dangers of MMR vaccine with callers became the subject of media controversy, first because her views were criticised as irreponsible by medical journalist Ben Goldacre, and then because LBC and Global Radio threatened legal action against Goldacre for copyright infringement.
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