06-24-2005, 06:17 PM
ABC News Criticized For Report On Drug Linked To Autism
ABC News was being strongly criticized Wednesday for a report by its chief medical correspondent, Dr. Timothy Johnson, that downplayed an article by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggesting that the mercury-based preservative Thimerosal used in children's vaccines might be the cause of autism in most children. In his report, Johnson said that he would not hesitate to give his own children and grandchildren vaccines containing Thimerosal. However, his ABC report featured no scientists or physicians who have concluded that a link exists between a 1989 spike in the number of vaccines given children and the huge increase in the number of cases of autism that occurred at about the same time. In an interview on MSNBC on Wednesday, Kennedy maintained that "the same regulatory bureaucrats that green-lighted Thimerosal originally are now trying to cover their tracks" by denying a link between autism and Thimerosal.
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ABC News was being strongly criticized Wednesday for a report by its chief medical correspondent, Dr. Timothy Johnson, that downplayed an article by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggesting that the mercury-based preservative Thimerosal used in children's vaccines might be the cause of autism in most children. In his report, Johnson said that he would not hesitate to give his own children and grandchildren vaccines containing Thimerosal. However, his ABC report featured no scientists or physicians who have concluded that a link exists between a 1989 spike in the number of vaccines given children and the huge increase in the number of cases of autism that occurred at about the same time. In an interview on MSNBC on Wednesday, Kennedy maintained that "the same regulatory bureaucrats that green-lighted Thimerosal originally are now trying to cover their tracks" by denying a link between autism and Thimerosal.
http://uk.imdb.com/news/sb/2005-06-24/