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SciWriteLabs 8.3: Adjudicating the Lehrer plagiarism accusations. Plus: Are we ignoring the truly frightening trends in journalism?*

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: July 3, 2012
Category: Ethics, Journalism, Media, SciWriteLabs | Tagged Arianna Huffington, Carl Zimmer, Chicago Tribune, David Quammen, Deborah Blum, Jack Shafer, Jane Jacobs, Jim Romenesko, Jonah Lehrer, Journatic, Lou Dobbs, Malcolm Gladwell, Oprah Winfrey, plagiarism, Salon.com, The New York Times, The New Yorker, This American Life, William Goldman | 10 Comments

Evidence, herd immunity, and ‘total assholes’

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: May 6, 2011
Category: Hib, pertussis, The Panic Virus, Vaccines | Tagged American University, Ashland Oregon, Bob Sears, Danielle Romaguera, Declan Fahy, Frontline, Jay Gordon, Julieanna Metcalf, Kelly Lacek, Oprah Winfrey, Toni and David McCaffery, Total assholes | 145 Comments

Lessons from the shaming of chemically castrating doc who “endangers autistic children and exploits their parents”

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: May 4, 2011
Category: Autism, excerpt, Media, The Panic Virus, Vaccines | Tagged Andrew Wakefield, AutismOne, David Geier, David Kirby, Kathleen Seidel, Left Brain/Right Brain, lupron, Mark Geier, Maryland, Oprah Winfrey, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Robert MacNeil, Sullivan, Trine Tsouderos | 22 Comments
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