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Did you read Goldacre's response on that blog. He seems to make a lot of sense there.

I did read it, and I also read Goldacre's rebuttal, which was more persuasive.

Is it a good one?

I read the article and the various replies from Goldacre and the author, including Goldacre's post of the passage in question. I find Goldacre far more persuasive.

LaMattina claims that Goldacre is cherry-picking data, and gives his presumably best example. But this example isn't "data"; it's Goldacre explaining the conclusions of a govenmental report about an incident where 6 experimental subjects nearly died. In writing about science for the general public, you need to give examples. This seems like a fine example for people to understand why a culture that promotes publishing everything could save lives.