Letters to the Editor
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youtube vs wikipedia
No offence to the many youtube lovers out there, but I hardly think that it is the first internet resource an intelligent person would go to in order to get information about a medical condition.
The sort of people who are looking up autism and vaccinations on youtube are the sort of people who were probably already believed in a link, and are using youtube to confirm the beliefs they already held.
A sane person who was genuinely searching for information on the topic would almost certainly venture onto google or wikipedia before diving into the shifting quicksands of facts presented on youtube.
The truth is that youtube isn't making people dumb, its just reinforcing dumb people's already dumb beliefs. Much like the museum devoted to intelligent design. If you're getting swayed by the quacks on youtube, you're probably a bit gullible to begin with, in which case, the rot presented as 'facts' on youtube is no different from the rotting 'facts' the MSM tries to cram down our throats. Lets not pretend outlets like fox news or current affairs programmes like 60 minutes are any more factual and balanced than the interwebz.