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well, he hasn't actually made a change yet. he has promised to make it. on Wednesday, he said he was making it "now." it is Friday. perhaps he will not actually make the correction until after I send him another letter next week asking him to notify me when it finally happens.

Why sorry? I have no regrets! It's frustrating but endlessly fascinating to me to watch an entire cohort of professionals, many of them presumably smart, deluding themselves and being trapped in their fantasies and imposing harm on millions in the process. I have never witnessed anything like...

Just because some editors have been powerful enough to not back down doesn't mean he wasn't essentially forced by the total weakness and absurdity of his position. And sure, if other editors had also performed their normal job functions, things would be better now. But I still don't see why...

I wouldn't go overboard on praise for people who are forced to agree to perform their necessary job functions under duress. Remember that the editor first suggested it wasn't worth the bother because the data were ten years old. That's not an acceptable response. Then he also suggested I send in...

Nope, not just a quick e-mail, as far as I can tell. She did not respond to the letter I had sent to her previously. She only responded when I wrote to the editor of the journal and cc'd her on it, along with everyone else. It would have been appropriate to respond quickly to me after I had...

Ah, yes, well good point! By rights she should have to explain herself. But I doubt that will happen.

for the journal, yes. But I alerted Chew-Graham months ago and told her I would go to the journal to seek a correction. She did nothing.

I don't blame the review authors for not seeing an editor's note that does not seem to have been meant to be seen, given where it was placed. It is a different matter if the review authors fail to address this issue now that they have been alerted to it.

I have to agree with Jonathan here. Everyone is bombarded full-time with information--including clinicians. One of the things I'm trying to do, especially with the open letters and the cc-ing, is to create a public record available to review when this all comes tumbling down. I want to make sure...

I agree it's important to keep all the issues in mind. There are so many things wrong with it!

Here's what happened with the school absence records: In both the feasibility trial and full trial protocols, they promised to vet self-reported school attendance with the actual records. Self-reported school attendance is like self-reported physical function--it is not an "objective" measure...

When I wrote to her pointing out the outcome-swapping, retrospective registration, etc. she took another look and said she didn't see those changes made any difference, even though they were unfortunate. She actually misread the concerns and affirmed her earlier statement.

Hi, there are many good arguments against the trial, including the ones you raise. The ones I have focused on are ones that even the journal has to agree are violations and warrant retraction. They've acknowledged as much in the editor's note. So I'm just pushing them to take the step based on...

could be "members." But in American English the usage is fine as is. (I think--but I could be wrong.)

I try to refrain myself from speculating publicly on this. (privately I might speculate a lot). but who can really tell what's going on with others?

Love this! Yes of course--the questions are only tough because the answers are obvious and can only involve acknowledging unacceptable behavior.

She's been my main point of contact at Bristol. I can't write to Professor Crawley and the vice chancellor or his office has filed the complaints about me with Berkeley's chancellor. I think I first touched base with her after I was accused of libel and then when I was falsely told that Bristol...

Right. That's what they're saying. I pointed out in my response that they can choose to not respond but that doesn't meant the questions won't continue to be asked. Questions that can be responded to adequately tend to be responded to adequately. Refusal to respond, especially when rendered in...

Has anyone yet accessed the full paper that started this thread?

yes and I'm curious to see what happens next.