Rod Liddle
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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[edit | edit source]
- Jan 2012 - The Sun - ‘Pretend disabled’ really ARE sick. My New Year’s resolution for 2012 was to become disabled.[1]
- Nov 2015 - The Times - Shoot the messenger - see if that'll cure you[2]
- Jul 2017 - The Spectator - 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[3]
- Mar 2019 - The Sunday Times - Always fatigued — yet they never tire of claiming their malady really is a virus[4]
Talks and interviews[edit | edit source]
Press complaints[edit | edit source]
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.[5]
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).[6]
Criticism[edit | edit source]
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".[7] 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.[8]
Online presence[edit | edit source]
- Website/Blog
- YouTube
See also[edit | edit source]
Learn more[edit | edit source]
- Wikipedia
- Rod Liddle's Track Record of Hate
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Liddle, Rod (January 2012). "The pretend disabled really ARE sick". Fibromyalgia Association UK. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
- ↑ Liddle, Rod (July 31, 2011). "'Shoot the medical messenger – see if that'll cure you', Rod Liddle in The Sunday Times, 31 July 2011". ME Association. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
- ↑ Liddle, Rod (November 2015). "The ME lobby is just a symptom of our stupidity about mental illness | The Spectator". web.archive.org. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
- ↑ Liddle, Rod (March 2019). "Always fatigued — yet they never tire of claiming their malady really is a virus | Comment | The Sunday Times". web.archive.org. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
- ↑ Fibromyalgia Action UK (January 26, 2012). "Rod Liddle attacks invisible illness in the Sun newspaper". fmauk.org. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
- ↑ Greenslade, Roy (May 28, 2015). "The Sun censured by Ipso for Rod Liddle's discriminatory column". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
- ↑ Ryan, Frances (March 19, 2019). "Rod Liddle vilifies disabled people. I'm tired of the hate. We all should be | Frances Ryan". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
- ↑ Jeanne, Eline (November 8, 2018). "Rod Liddle's Track Record of Hate". media-diversity.org. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
