{"id":11673,"date":"2013-07-10T11:24:46","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T15:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/collideascape\/?p=11673"},"modified":"2013-07-10T11:24:46","modified_gmt":"2013-07-10T15:24:46","slug":"spoonfeeding-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/?p=11673","title":{"rendered":"Science Gets Spun or Spoon-Fed?"},"content":{"rendered":"

https://www.randwickpsychologycentre.com/specialisation/ Depending on whom you ask, Fiona Fox is either saving science journalism or destroying it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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https://forgive123.com/directions-to-headquarters/ Personally, I like to spoon-feed from multiple sources, so nobody feels they own me outright.<\/p>\n

https://disneycruisinggroup.com/releases/ Seriously, I don’t get this criticism of the Science Media Center<\/a>. Reporters get fed information all the time–from government officials, industry hacks, agenda-driven NGO’s, etc. (And yes, every reporter has a stable of go-to sources that he can turn to for a catchy quote reliably emailed before deadline.) Good reporters seek out information from multiple venues and learn to trust some more than others, based on numerous factors.<\/p>\n

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Do any journalists that have used<\/a> the Climate Science Rapid Response Team<\/a> believe they were spoon-fed information? And even if they were, no self-respecting reporter would rely unduly on just one source.<\/p>\n

https://dentalprovidence.com/about/ Ditto for the relationship between journalists and the Science Media Center. So if you’re worried about a science-advocacy organization influencing how science is covered in the media, are you also worried about Greenpeace and the Climate Science Rapid Response Team influencing climate change coverage?<\/p>\n

Order Ativan Online If you are, your beef shouldn’t be with them. You should only care how a reporter uses the various information streams at his or her disposal. If one source is being favored over others, that’s not the source’s fault.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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