Guest rant by David Middleton “If you’ve ever wondered why science journalism is so incredibly bad…” NPR Is Seeking A Science Editor. Science Education Not Required. By Alex Berezow — February 5,…
Category: Bad science journalism
NYT's Maggie Astor @MaggieAstor misdirects the Arrow of Cause
Guest Essay by Kip Hansen In today’s New York Times, Maggie Astor, writing on behalf of the Climate Section’s editorial narrative, manages the incredible cognitive gymnastics trick of turning a…
Climate Change Enables Storms to "Push 600-Ton Boulders Around"… Reality Check
Guest eye-rolling by David Middleton The featured image is a USGS picture of a boulder from a debris flow in Venezuela. I chose not to use the photos from the…
BBC's Roger Harrabin @RHarrabin beclowns himself with a major FAIL on TV
BBC GETS IT WRONG AGAIN ON GLOBAL WARMING From the Global Warming Policy Foundation London, 24 January: The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) has lodged a new complaint to the BBC…
CNN: Government shutdown increases risk of undetected asteroid impacts! Scientists brace for impact!!!
Guest ridicule by David Middleton Update: “Scientists in the United States are bracing for impact”!!! This is what happens when Trump Derangement Syndrome is combined with hallucinogenic drugs … CNN:…
New York Times Forwards Climate Propaganda
Comment by Kip Hansen The always amusing NY Times’ Climate section has begun offering a new feature: Catastrophic Climate Propaganda, forwarded to your email inbox. They have named it “ClimateFwd:”. …
Editorial Narratives in Science Journalism
Guest Essay by Kip Hansen Science journalism is hard to get right. There is the constant struggle to clearly explain one’s topic without over-simplifying or misrepresenting by dumbing-down the…
More Fracking Nonsense: Frac’ing Shrinks Infants
Guest post by David Middleton This article and the underlying “study” can only be explained by a childhood diet rich in lead paint chips… Study finds pregnant women who live…
Grauniad: “Water divining is bunk. So why do myths continue to trump science?”
Guest lampooning by David Middleton Hopefully, this post won’t have as many typos as my last post. I just love ridiculing The Grauniad… The news that many water companies use dowsing to…
Irony can be so… Ironic – Trump’s solution to AGW: “Drill, Baby, Drill!”
Guest commentary by David Middleton Daily Comment In Bonn, Trump’s Answer to Global Warming? Drill, Baby, Drill! By Elizabeth Kolbert November 15, 2017 Every year around this time, negotiators from across the…
The Oreskes question: Is Blood thicker than Objective Reporting @NPR ?
Guest essay by Russell Cook If anyone had engaged in a one-word internet search of the name “Oreskes” prior to October 31st, 2017, the results would have largely been for…
Another nest of ‘scientific’ haters goes dark
You may remember “ScienceBlogs’ The official party line (according to Wikipedia) was: ScienceBlogs was an invitation-only blog network and virtual community. It was created by Seed Media Group in 2006…
Some Failed Climate Predictions
By Javier Here, for the first time in public, is Javier’s entire collection of massive, “consensus” climate science prediction failures. This collection is carefully selected from only academics or high-ranking…
From "The Stupid, It Burns" Department: "Climate Change Is Already Making People Sicker"
Guest rant by David Middleton Climate change is a central issue at this year’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), with multiple high-level meetings on the issue happening amid several devastating natural disasters. Hurricane…
"Hurricane Maria is following Irma's path"… Maria coverage picks up where Irma coverage left off.
Guest post by David Middleton Hurricane Maria is a really bad storm. This criticism of the media’s coverage of it is in no way meant to dismiss, disregard or devalue…
So What Happened to the Journalism?
John Ridgway “Anyone who isn’t confused really doesn’t understand the situation.” Edward R. Murrow Back in 2013 the UK’s Parliamentary Science and Technology Select Committee could be found holding an…
Guam Threatened?
Guest Essay by Kip Hansen The New York Times seems to be running short of environmental journalists. Its latest salvo in the attempt to keep climate change at the…
Venus and Hawking's Scientific Illiteracy
From The Reference Frame by Luboš Motl Five days ago, Stephen Hawking – or someone who has hacked his computerized speech generator – has told us that Donald Trump is…
NYT coins ridiculous meme: 'Earth-scorching CO2'
Guest Commentary by Kip Hansen The New York Times has set a new standard of scientific misrepresentation in this front page title to the latest climate change consensus salvo…
From the Scientific Urban Legend Department: Slight Rise in Temperatures Tied to Heat Wave Deaths
Guest Essay by Kip Hansen The Claim: The venerable NY Times carries this headline: “In India, Slight Rise in Temperatures Is Tied to Heat Wave Deaths”. The study…
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