If the BMJ issued a retraction and explanation in the same way that SBM did over that review we wouldn't be having this discussion. Hell if the BMJ didn't actively protest the fact checker's representation of the article as "missing context" we wouldn't be having this discussion.
Publishing missteps are inevitable. The BMJ is claiming authorial supremacy above its critics, that's the root of the controversy.
https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/science-based-medicines-c...
Now, someone post a takedown of Singal so we can keep the chain going ...