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The BBC has pulled an episode of Dragons’ Den after a backlash due to a claim from a contestant that acupuncture and ear seeds helped her recover from ME.
Letters have now been sent to politicians and to the BBC over the claim, and others, which could force the long-running business format into a period of reckoning.
In the episode, which aired last Thursday, contestant Giselle Boxer said “diet, acupuncture, Chinese herbs and ear seeds” helped with her recovery from the condition, and led her to turn the idea into the brand Acu Seeds. She received £50,000 ($63,000) in exchange for a 10% investment in the company. The Daily Mirror quoted Boxer as saying the BBC had approached her to take part in the show.
Over the past week, campaign group Action for ME has mobilized and sent a letter to the chairs of the UK’s Culture, Media & Sport and Health & Social Care Committee sexpressing concern that the “way in which her pitch was presented on Dragons’ Den suggests that this product was responsible for her recovery and should therefore be considered an effective treatment.” ME is a long-term condition with a wide range of symptoms including extreme fatigue, sleep issues and concentration problems, according to the NHS website, which lists potential treatments as cognitive behavioural therapy, energy management and medicine to control symptoms such as pain and sleeping problems.
“It is important that broadcasters make every effort to ensure that content is accurate and does not contain misleading and potentially dangerous information,” added the letter from the campaign group. “Given the episode in question was aired during primetime on BBC One, we worry that a larger audience will have heard this pitch which amounts to an
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