Posts Tagged ‘union of concerned scientists’

On Double Standards and the Union of Concerned Scientists

August 22, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in agriculture, biotechnology, GMOs, science | 30 comments

Several weeks ago, the Union of Concerned Scientists posted a hard-hitting rebuttal to a famous environmentalist, someone who is normally an ally. Here’s a taste: A new and misnamed book co-authored by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Thimerosal: Let the Science Speak,  is filled with exactly the kinds of misrepresentations of facts and slippery slope distortions of…Continue Reading…

The Bias in Environmental Reporting

June 7, 2012 by Keith Kloor | Filed in climate change | 22 comments

When reports are issued by environmental advocacy groups, they are invariably taken at face value by environmental journalists. Oftentimes the report’s methodology and claims aren’t subject to any critical examination. What usually results are one-sided stories that treat the advocacy group’s report as gospel. A glaring example I’ve pointed to in the past is this…Continue Reading…