Posts Tagged ‘Journalism’

What is the Best Way to Combat Confirmation Bias?

August 12, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in climate change, fracking, GMOs, science, science journalism, science literacy, wind turbines | 29 comments

https://progressiveptgreenvalley.com/patient-resources/ If I was 20 years younger and participated in a certain body art trend, I might have a tattoo inscribed on my forearm that said something like this: Confirmation bias MT @jayphilips: “The assumptions you start with dictate the conclusions you arrive at.” @james_christie #CAST2014 — Josh Meier (@moshjeier) August 12, 2014 As the Skeptics… Continue Reading…

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About that Popular Guardian Story on the Collapse of Industrial Civilization

March 21, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in collapse, science journalism, select | 38 comments

The end of the world, like everything worth knowing these days, will be tweeted: NASA-funded study: industrial civilisation headed for ‘irreversible collapse’? | Nafeez Ahmed http://t.co/nWqOcD3UkB — Guardian Environment (@guardianeco) March 14, 2014 If a study with the imprimatur of a major U.S. government agency thinks civilization may soon be destined to fall apart, I… Continue Reading…

From the Annals of the Science Wars: A Cautionary Tale

February 7, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in environment, science, science journalism, select | 15 comments

You’re a scientist who publishes research that suggests a certain product is harmful to the environment and public health. The company that makes the product disputes your findings and wages a campaign to sully your professional reputation. How do you respond? If you’re Tyrone Hayes, the Berkley biologist whose studies point to harmful impacts of… http://mcmeng.com/patrick-o-brien/ Continue Reading…

When Newspapers Collaborate with NGOs

August 24, 2013 by Keith Kloor | Filed in biotechnology, climate change, climate communication, climate science, genetically modified foods, GMOs, science journalism, select | 12 comments

As far as explainers go, I thought this Guardian piece discussing possible links between climate change and extreme weather was pretty good. What’s interesting to me is that it was written by Bob Ward, the policy and communications director at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.  It’s part of a larger… Continue Reading…

Amid Sensationalist GMO Swamp, Stellar Journalism Rises

July 31, 2013 by Keith Kloor | Filed in biotechnology, GMOs, science journalism, select | 21 comments

https://newzpad.com/hands-on-with-the-new-bing/ During any given week, most articles on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) follow a simplistic and/or sensationalistic storyline. For example, here’s last week’s cover story in The Village Voice: The Monsanto-Is-Evil theme is a media staple, as is the GMO-Foods-Are-Dangerous theme, of which magazines like Details and Elle are piggybacking on. (I recently discussed the latter example). Too often… Order Diazepam Online Continue Reading…

Elle Magazine Hops Aboard the GMO Fright Train

July 25, 2013 by Keith Kloor | Filed in biotechnology, GMOs, science communication, select | 53 comments

As I have previously observed, “the belief that GMO foods are deadly or potentially harmful” has come to dominate the public discourse on agricultural biotechnology. I suppose we can thank the whacky fringe elements for this (and their influential enablers). At this point, scientists and science-based communicators who engage in the biotech realm should be… Order Soma 350Mg Online Continue Reading…

Journalists Explore Climate Complexity

June 19, 2013 by Keith Kloor | Filed in climate change, climate science, select | 29 comments

There is much to recommend this article in the New Republic by Nate Cohn, starting with the sub-headline: Grappling with climate change nuance in a toxic political environment It is an ungrateful task to interrogate the complexities of climate change (which extend to the policy side of the equation) so props to Cohn for taking… https://clinicacyrne.com/bruxismo/ Continue Reading…

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The Accidental Crop Cop

June 5, 2013 by Keith Kloor | Filed in GMOs, Journalism, select | 21 comments

https://www.sharenergy.com.br/plano-om-14/ I didn’t get into journalism to be a media watchdog, but it’s become one facet of my career since I started this blog in 2009. Curtis Brainard, the science editor at the Columbia Journalism Review, has taken note of my GMO-related posts and articles and written a nice appraisal. Here’s an excerpt:

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May 29, 2013 by Keith Kloor | Filed in biotechnology, GMOs, science, select | 51 comments

Whatever your opinion of the worldwide protest against Monsanto this past weekend, one thing is true: It deserved media coverage. Lots of noisy people with colorful signs took to the streets to voice their opposition to GMOs and the company that has come to symbolize them. It was an event tailor made for TV. So… https://newzpad.com/top-5-hottest-japans-cutest-mobile-apps/ Continue Reading…

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Anti-GMO Attitudes on the Left and Right

April 3, 2013 by Keith Kloor | Filed in biotechnology, GMOs, science communication, select | 27 comments

https://texasriverbum.com/index.php/2012/03/08/wrightwood/ If you follow public debate on genetically modified foods, you know that Monsanto is routinely portrayed as the devil’s spawn. The multinational agricultural company is the arch-villain in the GMO wars. In liberal and environmental media stories, Monsanto is the baddie that poisons the earth with impunity and monopolizes the global seed market. Indeed, as… Continue Reading…

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