Monthly Archives: October 2011

SciWriteLabs #4, in which Alistair Dove argues that bad science inevitably gets “overwritten” by good science…and I point out on all the harm that can happen in the meantime

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: October 30, 2011
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SciWriteLabs #3: TWiV co-hosts on arrogance vs. accountability

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: October 21, 2011
Category: Journalism, Media, science, SciWriteLabs | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

“The risk that watching ABC News will cause your head to explode can’t be ruled out.”

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: October 21, 2011
Category: Journalism, Media, Public health | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments

SciWriteLabs #2: Reuters’ Ivan Oransky and Wired’s Adam Rogers on sources v. subjects & more on the factchecking debate

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: October 20, 2011
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Introducing SciWriteLabs. Today’s installment: Kroll and Racaniello discuss the journalism/factchecking debate

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: October 19, 2011
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Guardian ends run of smart science journalism discussions with scientists’ self-congratulatory essay about peer review*

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: October 12, 2011
Category: Journalism, Media, science | Tagged , , , , , , | 21 Comments