In my dictionary I find this definition of ‘blot’:
On learning that GSK will resume paying doctors to promote its drugs after a “policy U turn”, Fiona Godlee, Editor in Chief of the BMJ stated :
Yet ten years have passed since this article was published in the BMJ:
This may explain why the current Editor in Chief now unreservedly states:
I have campaigned for Sunshine legislation for over a decade now. It is an interesting paradox that that the College I have been a member of for over 25 years appears to consider me to be a ‘blot’ for campaigning for transparency.
The dictionary definition of “blot” uses the word “stain”. In 2012 I had a paper published on Iatrogenic Stigma which considered the word stain:
Those who have experienced harm do not wish to diminish, in any way, the experience of those who have benefited from prescribing.