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*In 2008 Ben Goldacre and ''The Guardian'' were sued for libel by Matthias Rath for the content of three articles describing Rath's activities in South Africa.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/jan/20/southafrica.aids No way to treat an Aids hero]</ref><ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/jan/27/aids.badscience 'Gambia's president may be weird, but Aids superstitions strike closer to home’] The Guardian. Published January 27, 2007. Accessed July 30, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/feb/17/badscience.uknews 'How money is not the only barrier to Aids patients getting hold of drugs’] The Guardian. Published February 17, 2007. Accessed July 30, 2008.</ref> In September 2008, Rath dropped his suit and was ordered to pay costs, an interim amount of about £220,000.<ref name="FallofRath"/> Goldacre has expressed interest in writing a "meticulously referenced" work on Rath, and South African [[HIV/AIDS denialism]] in general, based on material which had been excised from his column during the litigation.<ref>[http://www.badscience.net/2008/09/matthias-rath-pulls-out-forced-to-pay-the-guardians-costs-i-think-this-means-i-win/ 'Matthias Rath drops his million pound legal case against me and the Guardian'] badscience.net. Published September 12, 2008.  Accessed September 20, 2008</ref> A chapter of Goldacre's ''Bad Science'', omitted from the first edition due to the litigation, was reinstated in the paperback edition in early 2009, made available on his website, and licenced for free distribution.[http://badscience.net/files/The-Doctor-Will-Sue-You-Now.pdf]

*In 2008 Ben Goldacre and ''The Guardian'' were sued for libel by Matthias Rath for the content of three articles describing Rath's activities in South Africa.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/jan/20/southafrica.aids No way to treat an Aids hero]</ref><ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/jan/27/aids.badscience 'Gambia's president may be weird, but Aids superstitions strike closer to home’] The Guardian. Published January 27, 2007. Accessed July 30, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/feb/17/badscience.uknews 'How money is not the only barrier to Aids patients getting hold of drugs’] The Guardian. Published February 17, 2007. Accessed July 30, 2008.</ref> In September 2008, Rath dropped his suit and was ordered to pay costs, an interim amount of about £220,000.<ref name="FallofRath"/> Goldacre has expressed interest in writing a "meticulously referenced" work on Rath, and South African [[HIV/AIDS denialism]] in general, based on material which had been excised from his column during the litigation.<ref>[http://www.badscience.net/2008/09/matthias-rath-pulls-out-forced-to-pay-the-guardians-costs-i-think-this-means-i-win/ 'Matthias Rath drops his million pound legal case against me and the Guardian'] badscience.net. Published September 12, 2008.  Accessed September 20, 2008</ref> A chapter of Goldacre's ''Bad Science'', omitted from the first edition due to the litigation, was reinstated in the paperback edition in early 2009, made available on his website, and licenced for free distribution.[http://badscience.net/files/The-Doctor-Will-Sue-You-Now.pdf]

==Weblinks==

==Weblinks==

* http://www.tac.org.za/newsletter/2005/ns19_04_2005.htm

* http://www.tac.org.za/newsletter/2005/ns19_04_2005.htm

* http://www.tac.org.za/community/node/2348

* http://www.tac.org.za/community/node/2348

==References==

==References==

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