Science and the press

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb () cs columbia edu>
Date: September 12, 2005 12:53:35 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Science and the press


There's an excellent essay in the Guardian about why the press covers
science so poorly.  They select the wrong stories, and they present
them incorrectly, never giving the evidence, misinterpreting the
hypotheses, and treating scientists as authority figures rather as
searchers for truth.

I haven't done the essay justice; see
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/badscience/story/0%2c12980%2c1564369% 
2c00.html

        --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb




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