The summary works hard to discredit the movie: "pseudoscience propaganda" (not merely "propaganda" adds the extra "pseudoscience" just in case you missed it), "alleging" (OK, fair - the only one you need) "purports, "purported", "discredited", "derided", and a several ad hominem attacks on Wakefield, "discredited", "anti-vaccine", "fraudulent research", etc.
Similar verbiage could have been applied to "An Inconvenient Truth"
Disclosure: I haven't seen the movie, but I would rather form my own opinion rather than have some hack reviewer try to poison the well.
Those weasel words are usually what sticks out to me when reading things like this. The bias of the writers, on full display trying to lead the reader to a conclusion instead of letting the information stand on its own. Very sad.
Back when I was in school(90s) we had a "media literacy" segment where we all had to read various articles, clippings, etc and from the wording of them we had to figure out the bias and leading phrases that would indicate what the writer was trying to make you think.
The summary works hard to discredit the movie: "pseudoscience propaganda" (not merely "propaganda" adds the extra "pseudoscience" just in case you missed it), "alleging" (OK, fair - the only one you need) "purports, "purported", "discredited", "derided", and a several ad hominem attacks on Wakefield, "discredited", "anti-vaccine", "fraudulent research", etc.
Similar verbiage could have been applied to "An Inconvenient Truth"
Disclosure: I haven't seen the movie, but I would rather form my own opinion rather than have some hack reviewer try to poison the well.
Those weasel words are usually what sticks out to me when reading things like this. The bias of the writers, on full display trying to lead the reader to a conclusion instead of letting the information stand on its own. Very sad.
Back when I was in school(90s) we had a "media literacy" segment where we all had to read various articles, clippings, etc and from the wording of them we had to figure out the bias and leading phrases that would indicate what the writer was trying to make you think.
I don't think that happens anymore.