The September 2020 launch of the UK and Australasia edition of Brian Deer’s book, The Doctor Who Fooled the World, received heavy media coverage, as the following examples show.
The Sunday Times Magazine, August 30 2020: Six-page profile of Brian Deer by chief interviewer Decca Aitkenhead
The Times, August 31 2020: Day 1 of condensed serialization
The Times, September 1 2020: Day 2 of The Times condensed serialization
European Skeptics Podcast, September 3 2020: The team interview Deer in an hour-long discussion about the investigation of Andrew Wakefield
The Times, Book of the Week, September 4 2020: The Times review by top Times columnist David Aaronovitch
The Daily Mail, September 4 2020: Double-agent parent who betrayed Wakefield to Deer revealed in two-page exclusive
RNZ, September 8 2020: Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan: New Zealand’s famed radio host interviews Deer
ABC Late Night Live, September 9 2020: Phillip Adams interviews Brian Deer and awards him the coveted Koalabearstamp for his journalism
news.au.com, September 11 2020: Celebrity news cites Deer’s book over links between Wakefield and wealthy supermodel Elle Macpherson
The Sunday Times, September 13 2020: Review by Sunday Times columnist Dominic Lawson
The Australian Magazine, September 16 2020: Decca Aitkenhead’s profile of Brian Deer
The Wall Street Journal, September 28 2020: America’s top-selling newspaper reviews The Doctor Who Fooled the World
Science, September 29 2020: The leading US science journal reviews Deer’s book
The Big Think, September 30 2020: “Every chapter drops your jaw.”
Nature, October 27 2020: “Riveting,” says the flagship science journal’s review
