Media witch-hunt

I should really know better than to listen to Jeremy Vine in the car – it just makes me annoyed but today he was talking about whether home births are safe. It’s been triggered by a news story about a baby who ended up with nerve damage in one arm and a mum who was “butchered” because the baby got stuck during the birth. It sounded like the midwife actually saved the baby’s life by getting it birthed but it’s turned into yet another media witch-hunt against midwives and home birth. The same situation could have easily happened in a hospital.