Trine will probably be the brian deer of the US. People with protected information will "leak" information to her as they should not have had it in the first place. She will then write about it and then they will cite her as "their" source since they cannot do it directly.

What excellent investigative journalism, Jake; well done.

This is the answer to all the Pravda-type 'reporting' that we will be getting, when the corporate media honchos succeed in whittling down the last true investigative journalists, in their cost-cutting exercises, and substitute these PR-type jobs. Like Big Pharma producing scientific-looking journals, full of bumf. The Internet, with sites like AoA, will allow good, solid investigators like Jake to have their say, and show the public the little men behind their big flashy screens.

Keep up the fight, Autism community. Obviously the Powers That Be are running scared; so they have to resort to all manner of invective and sleight of hand to try to silence your criticisms. Their day of reckoning is coming. Not soon enough. But better late than never.

And if anybody tries to tell you or your circle of acquaintances, because of the story-slanting of these PR bandits, that Wakefield was a fraud, and so there is nothing to the concern about the MMR, quote the facts Andy shares with Alan Golding, about how the public health authorities in the UK covered up the reports out of North America of the dangers of the Urabe-strain MMR in the late 80s (the mumps component causing meningitis), to keep jabbing UK kids with it, because it was a fourth of the cost of the competition's product - and how those same authorities later fought so hard against Wakefield's initiative on a study about the MMR's link with gut damage because they got the government to indemnify the producers, so the govt would be liable if the cases ever got to court, not the mfgrs, and the public would find out about all this; including the fact that the dangerous vax was not ever 'withdrawn', but shipped to the developing world. Outrageous imperialism.

These criminals need to be brought out from behind their crafty screens and made to pay for their criminality, and for the public to realize who the real Nazis are in this matter, with their mentality of sacrificing individuals 'for the greater good', and trying to hush it all up, so they wouldn't have to take any responsibility for it. As parents of those sacrificed individuals, don't let them get away with it. Ever. You and your children deserve redress, and the world deserves knowledge about all this. Keep making waves. For another metaphor: It's the squeaky wheel that gets the oil. For other imagery: Light. More Light. And drive the rats back into the darkness from whence they came.

Thanks so much for peeling the lid off of this claptrap and exposing it for what it is.

My, my. The Association of Health Care Journalists has set up quite a handy reciprocal network to reinforce status quo mainstream medical viewpoints. The AHCJ conferences regularly feature speakers from the CDC presenting one-sided vaccine information favorable to the agency; check out their website.

With newspapers slashing staffs, freelance writers are legion and low-paid. I'm sure the AHCJ greases the skids with prewritten bullet points so attendees can leave the conference ready to parrot editor-pleasing articles that repay those conference costs.

Not to fear, we'll just replace the words "award-winning journalist" with "award-buying journalist."

Jake you are brilliant!

Well, what can we expect from a media who has an arrangement with the CDC not to report on certain new health & research related stories until CDC gives it the green light. This is a big reason why blogs such as Age of Autism and Adventures in Autism out-scoop the mainstream media on stories pertaining to autism. I imagine this happens with other medical conditions as well.

I wonder if they had cupcakes at the award cermony. :) Imagine. Once a cupcake reporter...always a cupcake reporter - on all things sugar-ey, sweet, light and non-controversial. Just like a child taking what is handed to you by the government.

Cupcakes don't have "meat" in them. That's why they are fun to report on.

It is worse than removing a bunch of mulch and seeing all the creepers scattering. Too many to even decide which one to try to catch!

Jake,

You point out the truth about what the public hears concerning the autism controversy: It's all very one-sided and controlled. Tsouderos, Callahan and the rest of their ilk can't tell us anything about autism--the cause, effective treatment, or cure. They don't care. Autism is a mystery. It's nothing to worry about.

They promote the propaganda that autism has always been around. This is the biggest lie of all because the public has no idea what's coming. I can't imagine what it'll be like in 10 or 20 years in the US when we have a significant adult population with autism.

Not only will we hold the medical community/health officials responsible for covering up the reality of the autism epidemic, but also their willing minions in the press.

Anne Dachel
Media

Tsouderos and Callahan are the worst kind of journalists. Are you certain they weren't drug lobbyists or pharmaceutical reps before the Trib gave them a typewriter??

"The purpose of the Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism is to ensure that journalists are properly trained to cover news events, trends, and issues in all aspects of health care journalism…On a list of 'grantors' of the CEHCJ, we see the CDC Foundation, which has actually been supporting the center for the last two years."

Jake, thank you. You expose the CDC Ministry of Truth. Perhaps the words “poison is harmless” are engraved on the CEHCJ award.

Tsouderos and Callahan wining an award from the CEHCJ reminds me of former president Bush standing shoulder to shoulder with Michael Brown .. his then appointed head of FEMA .. amid the devastation of flooded New Orleans .. saying "You're doing a hell of a job Brownie".