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30 Jan 2008, 7:56 am

First-episode controversy: The vaccine-autism link (USA Today)

By Janet Kornblum, USA TODAY

The premiere episode of Eli Stone, in which a mother wins a $5.2 million lawsuit charging her son got autism from a vaccine, is stirring controversy before it airs.

The American Academy of Pediatrics is calling on ABC to cancel the show, saying in a statement that it leaves audiences "with the destructive idea that vaccines do cause autism."

ABC Entertainment rejected the request in a statement Monday, reminding viewers that the show is fictional: "The story line plays on topical issues for dramatic effect, but its purpose is to entertain."

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30 Jan 2008, 9:42 am

That mother seems like a loser, to me.


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