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Simon Singh Talks With Wired About His Libel Battle
smellsofbikes writes "Wired has a short but pithy interview with Simon Singh about his defense against a libel suit brought by the British Chiropractic Association, in which he spent more than $200,000 and emerged victorious."
"yet it happily promotes bogus treatments" does not necessarily imply dishonesty, it can also imply ineptitude or idiocy. So ruling that he was claiming they were intentionally promoting bogus treatments and knew and believed they were bogus infers something from the statement that does not necessarily exist.
People have the same problems interpreting the English language when it comes to the second amendment in the US Constitution. The "well regulated militia" clause is parenthetical but through willful idiocy or intentional sophistry some try to claim it's some kind of limiter or restriction.
OTOH my sleep apnea and trouble swallowing mysterious went away when I started seeing a chiropractor. As did my migraines. But hey, why let a reasonably explainable treatment get in the way of bashing complementary medicine.