The MSM and science: your cell phone will kill you!

The Reality Based Community by Michael O'Hare | Jan. 14, 2007 (Opinion)

With the appearance of the Apple iPhone the radiation alarmists are getting another hearing. Today my local paper ran a story that we can use as a template for how not to do science journalism, and how not to think about risks. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Joseph Duemer - Jan 15, 2007 - 5:18 AM PST
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 by Joseph Duemer - Oct. 1, 2008

Excellent short piece on the failures of mainstream journalists to report about science effectively, truthfully, or even with a bar minimum of technical literacy.

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 by Dale Penn - Oct. 1, 2008

The story does an excellent job of highlighting the absurd reporting out there, posing as journalism.

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