Talk:David Kirby (journalist)

message: David Kirby is selling videos and telephone conversations about vaccination and thimerosal .  It could be argued that there is a bit of a conflict of interest here--his sales will do significantly better if more concern is stirred up about thimerosal.  I also wonder about the ethics of an individual with no formal medical training giving medical advice. (And charging for it.)  I'm not quite sure how to address it.  I don't want to overstate the matter, but I don't think it should be ignored. --TenOfAllTrades (talk/contrib) 00:09, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Kirby's telephone consults

message: The Strange Bedfellows section is badly in need of editing, as it makes several unreferenced assertions and is clearly not NPOV. - DaveSeidel 10:59, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Lack of NPOV

message: Two things.  First, I removed a number of whale.to external links because they didn't actually refer to David Kirby.
Second, I'm wondering if perhaps there are too many book reviews in the external links section.  It was a controversial book; it was reviewed.  How many links do we need? --TenOfAllTrades (talk/contrib) 01:26, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links 

message: http://www.ire.org/history/pr/2005IREawards.html
IRE, (founded in 1975 by investigative reporters and editors , is a nonprofit professional organization dedicated to training and supporting journalists who pursue investigative stories and operates the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting, a joint program of IRE and the Missouri School of Journalism.  The IRE awards, called certificates, are divided into 15 categories based on market or circulation size, most for print, broadcast and online media.
David Kirby won the 2005 book award for Evidence of Harm: Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic — A Medical Controversy. "Autism, rare in the past, is exploding in the United States, and Kirby investigates whether one of the causes is thimerisol, a vaccine preservative that contains mercury, a neurotoxin. Through careful and meticulous reporting, Kirby tells the story of stonewalling, denial and cover-up by federal regulators, medical groups and the pharmaceutical industry."
Not mentioning this recognition gives the false impression that all reviews were/are as negative as the one included, which they are not. (There are other positive reviews, but IRE is an objective source)
IRE Awards judges comments are positive and informative would balance out the only review referenced, a negative one. Here are full judges' comments from IRE's press release: "Autism, rare in the past, is exploding in the United States , where it is now found in one in 166 children. Attention-deficit disorder also has skyrocketed. And 1 in 6 children today has a learning disability. David Kirby investigated whether one of the causes of these childhood afflictions is thimerisol, a vaccine preservative that contains mercury, a well-documented neurotoxin. In the 1990s, the mercury-containing additive was injected into children far in excess of federal safety levels. Kirby told the story of stonewalling, denial and cover-up by federal regulators, medical groups and the pharmaceutical industry. And he documents covert efforts by some of those same powerful forces — along with the U.S. Congress — to grant blanket immunity for drug companies that put mercury in vaccines. Like so many scientific controversies involving complex science and big business, the topic is controversial. Kirby's careful and meticulous reporting is exemplary in its balance, accuracy and documentation."  Improves (talk) 05:05, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Ideally, we'd provide a cross-section of prominent reviews to describe the book's immediate reception, as well as some perspective on how well the claims in the book have weathered the test of time. If you have more sources for reviews, that would be ideal. MastCell Talk 19:24, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Won an award-- Should this should be mentioned? 

message: David Kirby died on the 16th of April  but the only source so far mentioning his death is an anti-vaccine website so until reliable sources are found we cannot add his date of death to the article. Psychologist Guy (talk) 22:13, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Death