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Politicizing Science

Posted by michael on from the appeal-to-authority dept.

grape jelly writes "A new website has been created by Rep. Harry A. Waxman, of California, by the name of Politics and Science that accuses the current administration of intentionally manipulating scientific data in order to further its ideology. The site was created as a result of a congressional report (pdf) request by Rep. Waxman, available on his site. A NYTimes article is also available about the report with a response from the administration."

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  1. Jayson Blair by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Do you want total honesty?

    How about an Jayson Blair interviewing Bill Clinton, printed in the National Enquirer.

    The NYT new motto should be "You can't handle the truth! so we'll give you something else".

    The Blair case shows the failure of affirmative action. When you hire on skin color instead of merit/ability, things like this will happen.