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Bad Science Journalism Gets Schooled

Posted by kdawson on from the how-science-works dept.

TaeKwonDood writes "Biology post-doc Dr. Michael White takes a look at the '2007 Best American Science and Nature Writing' and doesn't like what he finds in an article called Bad Science Journalism and the Myth of the Oppressed Underdog. Turns out it's not just political writers who pick a position they want to advocate and then write stories to confirm it. Science journalism gets a scolding and it's been a long time coming."

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  1. Re:obvious != right by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    scientists are too jealous/blinded by hubris in their ivory towers to see and accept what should be so obviously true to everyone else. If your job or grant pays well enough that you can afford to build a whole tower out of the tusks of poached exotic animals, it's not hubris to be defensive of your place in the world, it's your duty as a red blooded American.