Brian Deer, who made his name covering autism doctor Andrew Wakefield, says his investigative science reporting ran into a wall of lawyers at the British science journal, Nature. Writing in the Guardian, Deer lists his objections to a contract full of confidentiality and indemnity clauses. "I frankly couldn't believe this charter to drown journalism," he said. "It read less scientific than Scientological." Nature responds in the Guardian article's comments.
