via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on 7/19/10
Dr Ben Goldacre is the woo-fighting science writer for The Guardian, and in that capacity he has dogged the heels of "Doctor" Gillian McKeith, a "nutritionist" whose explanations for the way that nutrition works defy science and delve into bizarre areas of Being Wrong, such as her claims about the way that chlorophyll operates in your pitch-black gut. Goldacre devoted a chapter of his excellent Bad Science book to McKeith's claims, and paid special attention to McKeith's use of Britain's brutal libel laws to silence her critics.
Now Goldacre finds himself libeled by McKeith on Twitter; McKeith, rather than apologizing or defending her libel, has backtracked from it, instead claiming that her Twitter account isn't really her; sloppily removing links to it from her official website, etc.
Goldacre's response has been to record post this wonderful megaphone-jazz-style ballad in tribute to McKeith's zany beliefs and practices:
Update: Ben corrects the record:
That tune's not by me! It's all by Doghorse, from 2007 when the saga of the awful poo lady all began. Doghorse also wrote another great song called "I just wanna look at your poo" for which he received legal threats from McKeith, which he dealt with very admirably (it's about one minute in...). Lots more excellent creativity around McKeith and her scientific expertise here in the b3ta image challenge. Truly, she has inspired some great works of art."
And then I was incompetently libelled by a litigious millionaire
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