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{{stub}} Kate Kelland is a journalist at [[Reuters]] who has written a number of articles about [[ME/CFS]], and a number of other controversial topics. == Link to the Science Media Centre == Kate Kelland was featured in the [[Science Media Centre|Science Media Centre's]] 10 year anniversary promotional brochure, and briefly features in the SMC's current promotional video.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/SMC-Views-from-the-front-line-essays-on-the-SMC.pdf | title=Views from the Front Line | last = Science Media Centre | first = | authorlink = Science Media Centre | date = Oct 2012 | website = [[Science Media Centre]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/film/ | title = A short film about the SMC | last = Science Media Centre | first = | authorlink = Science Media Centre | date = |website=[[Science Media Centre]]|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref> One of the SMC directors is [[PACE trial]] center manager [[Simon Wessely|Sir Simon Wessely]], who was credited with helping design the PACE trial. Ms Kelland has been accused of bias in favor of views held by the SMC.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://fair.org/home/reuters-vs-un-cancer-agency-are-corporate-ties-influencing-science-coverage/ | title = Reuters vs. UN Cancer Agency: Are Corporate Ties Influencing Science Coverage? | date = 2017-07-24 | website = FAIR|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref> ==Articles == * 2011, Pushing limits can help chronic fatigue patients<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-fatigue-me-idUSTRE71H02320110218 | title = Pushing limits can help chronic fatigue patients | last = Kelland | first = Kate | authorlink=Kate Kelland | date = Feb 18, 2011 | website = [[Reuters]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=Mar 20, 2019}}</ref> * 2018, Exclusive: Science journal to withdraw Chronic Fatigue syndrome review * 2019, Special Report: Online activists are silencing us, scientists say<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://archive.fo/lwDNQ | title = Special Report: Online activists are silencing us, scientists say | last = Kelland | first = Kate | authorlink=Kate KellandKate Kelland | date = Mar 13, 2019 | website = [[Reuters]]|archive-url=http://archive.fo/lwDNQ#selection-451.261-451.300|archive-date=Mar 13, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref> ==Talks and interviews== == Criticism == [[Invest in ME Research]] have criticized both Kate Kelland and Reuters for Ms Kelland's misleading statements, including the claim that it was activist pressure that led to the [[Cochrane]] review's retraction announcement.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.investinme.org/IiMER-Newslet-1810-01.shtml | title = Action and Accountability III - Cochrane Review | last = Invest in ME Research | first = | authorlink = Invest in ME Research | date = Oct 20, 2018 | website = [[Invest in ME Research]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref> The charity [[MEAction Network UK|#MEAction Network UK]] complained to [[Reuters]] and the [[New York Post]] about an article by Kate Kelland that contained inaccurate statements and also misrepresented the views of patients with ME and activists, stating "Letβs show Reuters that this is not a debate about psychiatry and scare tactics, but stigma and pseudoscience."<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.meaction.net/2019/03/14/fighting-for-rigorous-science-and-accurate-reporting/ | title = Fighting for Rigorous Science and Accurate Reporting | last = MEAction Network UK | first = | authorlink = The MEAction NetworkUK | date = Mar 14, 2019 | website = #MEAction|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref> Freelance journalist [[Steve Topple]] has criticized Kate Kelland, along with a number of other journalists, for their close links to the [[Science Media Centre]] and for "waging war" on "chronically ill and disabled people".<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://mrtopple.com/2019/03/18/the-twisted-reason-the-media-have-waged-war-on-chronically-ill-and-disabled-people/ | title = The twisted reason the media have waged war on chronically ill and disabled people | last = Topple | first = Steve | authorlink=Steve Topple | date = Mar 18, 2019 | website = [[Mr Topple]]|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref> Psychologist [[Brian Hughes]] has criticized Ms Kelland for failing to mention any scientific criticism of the PACE trial or biopsychosocial research into ME/CFS, and describing the treatment of patients by some ME/CFS researchers as "gaslighting".<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://notthesciencebit.net/2019/03/21/if-you-spend-20-years-gaslighting-your-patients-perhaps-you-should-think-twice-before-accusing-them-of-trolling-you/ | title = If you spend 20 years gaslighting your patients, perhaps you should think twice before accusing *them* of trolling *you* | last = Hughes | first = Brian | authorlink=Brian Hughes | date = Mar 21, 2019 | website = [[Not the Science Bit]]|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref> == Articles criticizing Kate Kelland's writing == * Oct 20, 2018 - [http://wames.org.uk/cms-english/2018/10/science-journal-to-withdraw-chronic-fatigue-review-amid-patient-activist-complaints/ Oct 20 www.investinme.org/IiMER-Newslet-1810-01.shtml Action and Accountability III - Cochrane Review] - [[Invest in ME Research]] * Mar 13, 2019 - [https://www.meaction.net/2019/03/14/fighting-for-rigorous-science-and-accurate-reporting/ Fighting for rigorous science and accurate reporting] - [[MEAction Network UK|#MEAction Network]] * Mar 18, 2019 - [https://mrtopple.com/2019/03/18/the-twisted-reason-the-media-have-waged-war-on-chronically-ill-and-disabled-people/ The Twisted Reason the Media have Waged War on Chronically Ill and Disabled People] - [[Steve Topple]] ==Online presence== *Twitter *Facebook *Website/Blog *YouTube ==See also== * [[Stigma and discrimination]] * [[Ethical issues]] * [[Science Media Centre]] * [[Intimidation and bullying of PACE trial critics]] * [[PACE trial]] ==Learn more== *[https://mrtopple.com/2019/03/18/the-twisted-reason-the-media-have-waged-war-on-chronically-ill-and-disabled-people/ The Twisted Reason the Media have Waged War on Chronically Ill and Disabled People] - Steve Topple *Wikipedia ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Psychological paradigm proponents]] [[Category:PACE trial proponents]] [[Category:Journalists]]
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