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{{stub}} '''Rod Liddle''' is a British journalist who has written a number of stories on controversies surrounding research into [[ME/CFS]] and a number of opinion pieces relating to disability in general. ==Articles == *Jan 2012 - ''The Sun'' - [http://www.fmauk.org/general-articles-highlights-208/712-rod-liddle-attacks-invisible-illnesses-in-sun-newspaper ‘Pretend disabled’ really ARE sick. My New Year’s resolution for 2012 was to become disabled.]<ref name="pretenddisabledLiddle">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fmauk.org/general-articles-highlights-208/712-rod-liddle-attacks-invisible-illnesses-in-sun-newspaper | title = The pretend disabled really ARE sick | last = Liddle | first = Rod | authorlink=Rod Liddle | date = Jan 2012 | website = [[Fibromyalgia Association UK]]|language=en-gb|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref> * Nov 2015 - ''The Times'' - [https://www.meassociation.org.uk/2011/07/shoot-the-medical-messenger-%e2%80%93-see-if-that%e2%80%99ll-cure-you-rod-liddle-in-the-sunday-times-31-july-2011/ Shoot the messenger - see if that'll cure you]<ref name="messengerLiddle">{{Cite web|url=https://www.meassociation.org.uk/2011/07/shoot-the-medical-messenger-%e2%80%93-see-if-that%e2%80%99ll-cure-you-rod-liddle-in-the-sunday-times-31-july-2011/ | title = ‘Shoot the medical messenger – see if that’ll cure you’, Rod Liddle in The Sunday Times, 31 July 2011 | last = Liddle | first = Rod | authorlink=Rod Liddle | date = Jul 31, 2011 | website = [[ME Association]]|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref> * Jul 2017 - ''The Spectator'' - [http://www.fmauk.org/general-articles-highlights-208/712-rod-liddle-attacks-invisible-illnesses-in-sun-newspaper The ME lobby is just a symptom of our stupidity about mental illness. The poisonous emails, the threats, the rage – it’s all rooted in our crude attitude to psychiatric suffering]<ref name="MElobbyLiddle">{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709070620/https://www.spectator.co.uk/2015/11/the-me-lobby-is-just-a-symptom-of-our-stupidity-about-mental-illness/ | title = The ME lobby is just a symptom of our stupidity about mental illness {{!}} The Spectator | last=Liddle | first = Rod | authorlink=Rod Liddle | date = Nov 2015 | website = web.archive.org|archive-url=|archive-date=Jul 9, 2017|url-status=|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref> *Mar 2019 - ''The Sunday Times'' - [https://forums.phoenixrising.me/threads/reuters-13th-march-2019-article-with-sharp-wessely-per-fink-and-co-attack-dr-tuller-and-me-patients.75521/page-2 Always fatigued — yet they never tire of claiming their malady really is a virus]<ref name="alwaystiredLiddle">{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317191058/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/always-fatigued-yet-they-never-tire-of-claiming-their-malady-really-is-a-virus-d7s7qlvbk | title = Always fatigued — yet they never tire of claiming their malady really is a virus {{!}} Comment {{!}} The Sunday Times | last = Liddle | first = Rod | authorlink=Rod Liddle | date = Mar 2019 | website = web.archive.org|archive-url=|archive-date=Mar 17, 2019|url-status=|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref> ==Talks and interviews== == Press complaints == [[Invest in ME Research]], a British charity, complained to the Press Complaints Commission about a number of articles by Rod Liddle on the grounds of lack of accuracy, opportunity to reply and harassment, stating "Journalists must not engage in intimidation, harassment or persistent pursuit" and pointing out discrimination and prejudice within articles by Rod Liddle and others. In 2012, [[Fibromyalgia Action UK]] criticized Rod Liddle for his repeated attacks on people with Fibromyalgia, encouraging those who share those views to complain to the Press Complaints Commission.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fmauk.org/general-articles-highlights-208/712-rod-liddle-attacks-invisible-illnesses-in-sun-newspaper | title = Rod Liddle attacks invisible illness in the Sun newspaper | last = Fibromyalgia Action UK | first= | authorlink = Fibromyalgia Action UK | date = Jan 26, 2012 | website = fmauk.org|language=en-gb|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref> In a landmark ruling the UK's Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) upheld a complaint that an article by Rod Liddle on ''The Sun'' newspaper breached the standards for discrimination and privacy in "belittling" and "mocking" a disabled woman because of her gender identity and disability (sight loss).<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2015/may/28/the-sun-censured-by-ipso-for-rod-liddles-discriminatory-columns | title = The Sun censured by Ipso for Rod Liddle's discriminatory column | last = Greenslade | first = Roy | date = 2015-05-28|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-03-21|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|quote= | author-link = Roy Greenslade}}</ref> == Criticism == Rod Liddle has been the subject of a number of articles criticizing his views. Journalist [[Frances Ryan]] has criticized Rod Liddle for "vilifying disabled people".<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/19/rod-liddle-disabled-people-hate-media-me | title = Rod Liddle vilifies disabled people. I’m tired of the hate. We all should be {{!}} Frances Ryan | last = Ryan | first = Frances | date = Mar 19, 2019|work=The Guardian|access-date=Mar 21, 2019|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|quote= | author-link = Frances Ryan}}</ref> Liddle has also been criticized for his "track record on hate" including comments about people with [[fibromyalgia]] and [[chronic fatigue syndrome]]. In 2018, [[Eline Jeanne]] published the article ''Rod Liddle's Track Record of Hate,'' highlighting a series of discriminatory and offensive comments published by Rod Liddle attacking a variety of different minority groups.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.media-diversity.org/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3356:rod-liddles-track-record-of-hate&catid=35:media-news-a-content&Itemid=34 | title = Rod Liddle's Track Record of Hate | last= Jeanne | first=Eline | authorlink=Eline Jeanne | date = Nov 8, 2018 | website = media-diversity.org|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref> ==Online presence== *Twitter *Facebook *Website/Blog *YouTube ==See also== *[[Stigma and discrimination]] * [[Science Media Centre]] *[[PACE trial]] ==Learn more== *Wikipedia *[http://www.media-diversity.org/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3356:rod-liddles-track-record-of-hate&catid=35:media-news-a-content&Itemid=34 Rod Liddle's Track Record of Hate] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Journalists]] [[Category:Psychological paradigm proponents]] [[Category:PACE trial proponents]]
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