I would like to see citations for what the author purports. It’s a very clever bit of writing in the sense they’re as careful about what they say and show, as what they don’t. The tables reference private school prices but not public, and again no links are provided. To me it feels more like a narrative than anything else where the author attempts to gently side step anything which may be contrary to their opinion as unnecessary or difficult to gauge.
As I read the piece I was having the same increasing unease, and then my eye wandered to the top right of the frame . .
EDIT OK, I can hear the keyboards spinning up with their ADDRESS THE ARGUMENT NOT THE SOURCE thing they do. I'm going to make something completely, absolutely clear: if Andrew Wakefield self-publishes a Fantastic Miracle Cure, and you do not read that with icy suspicion, you are - and I am so sorry to say this - a fool. An easy mark that stands out in a landscape of very, very easy marks. So yeah, the source matters, especially when THEY DON'T CITE ANYTHING.
I upvoted this as I left the article after reading and nodding along with it... and noticed the author's history which definitely leaves me feeling he's coming at it from an angle. That doesn't invalidate what he's saying, but it makes me curious for more detail.
