When Science is Unfavorable, Attack the Scientist

Jon Entine, American
In an era of partisan journalism, some have presumed that at least one area of reporting, science, was insulated from blatant bias. After all, there are facts, and it's presumably easy to identify when data is being cooked. But that's naive, and a brewing ethical brouhaha at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel underscores how the public can be short-changed when ideology, ambition, or hubris takes precedence over a news organization's public responsibility to report controversies in context.This incident erupted after a comprehensive review of plastic additive bisphenol A...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/04/29/when_science_is_unfavorable_attack_the_scientist_254606.html

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