{"id":15100,"date":"2017-10-13T20:06:34","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T20:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/?p=15100"},"modified":"2017-10-13T20:06:34","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T20:06:34","slug":"on-framing-storylines-and-science-journalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/?p=15100","title":{"rendered":"On Framing, Storylines and Science Journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> 
<a href="https://www.andrewplimmer.com/7-day-shift/">https://www.andrewplimmer.com/7-day-shift/</a> Last night, I attended an interesting <a href=\"https:\/\/journalism.nyu.edu\/about-us\/event\/2017-fall\/digging-into-polluted-science\/\">panel discussion<\/a>\u00a0at NYU&#8217;s Journalism Institute.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p> 
<a href="https://rgprincipal.com/equipo-chile/"></a> Join us! Watch the \u201cDigging Into Polluted Science: Environmental Investigations in an Era of Spin\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GnZNC9YCQB\">https:\/\/t.co\/GnZNC9YCQB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/kavliconvo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#kavliconvo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O9RGn7Hj7J\">pic.twitter.com\/O9RGn7Hj7J<\/a><\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://dentalprovidence.com/dental-fillings/">Klonopin For Sale Online</a> \u2014 Cici Zhang (@CiciZhang15) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CiciZhang15\/status\/918608992376709121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> 
<a href="https://disneycruisinggroup.com/stateroom-photos/"></a> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://dinoeliadis.com/fractional-coo-service/">https://dinoeliadis.com/fractional-coo-service/</a> I&#8217;ve attended a number of similar events hosted over the years by NYU&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/journalism.nyu.edu\/graduate\/programs\/science-health-and-environmental-reporting\/\">SHERP program<\/a> and they have always been high-level, engaging conversations on the various complex and often thorny issues covered by science and environmental journalists. Last night&#8217;s event featured <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/staff\/sharon-lerner\/\">Sharon Lerner<\/a>, who is on what I would call the toxics beat (for <em>The Intercept<\/em>). She reports on the environmental and health impacts of industrial chemicals. A big part of this beat is the complicated interrelationship between risk, uncertainty, and industry&#8217;s (frequently hidden, influential) role in the government regulation and oversight of toxic chemicals.<\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="http://masterfacilitator.com/flawlessconsultingeurope/"></a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hcn.org\/issues\/40.23\/un-clearing-the-air-1\">I know<\/a> this beat pretty well, particularly from my years at <em>Audubon<\/em> magazine, when I was writing (and editing) stories about the impact of polluting industries on wildlife. And I&#8217;ve also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hcn.org\/issues\/40.16\/dust-on-the-rocks\">uncovered<\/a> industry and federal agency malfeasance while writing about oil &amp; gas drilling impacts to archaeology.<\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://castlehomecomfort.com/heating/">https://castlehomecomfort.com/heating/</a> Everything discussed at the panel rang true to me, such as this:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p> 
<a href="https://prosthodontistlasvegas.com/cavity-on-wisdom-tooth/">Lorazepam Purchase Online</a> &#8220;industry capture&#8221; is when industries get real close to their regulators and swing them into the industry for $$$ says Michaels <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/kavliconvo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#kavliconvo<\/a><\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://raceflowdevelopment.com/about-rfd/"></a> \u2014 Dyani Sabin (@DyaniSabin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DyaniSabin\/status\/918612411602690050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> 
<a href="https://forgive123.com/secrets-revealed/"></a> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://www.randwickpsychologycentre.com/contact/">Buy Soma 350 Mg Online</a> At one point in the conversation, Lerner referenced a feature story about Monsanto just published by <em>The Nation<\/em>. Before going any further, let me say this piece was written by Rene Ebersole, a former colleague of mine at <em>Audubon<\/em> magazine. Ebersole is a journalist I highly regard; she has also visited my journalism classes over the years.<\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://theroyalstagproperties.com/accommodations/"></a> Her <em>Nation<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/did-monsanto-ignore-evidence-linking-its-weed-killer-to-cancer\/\">piece<\/a> is titled, &#8220;Did Monsanto Ignore Evidence Linking its Weed Killer to Cancer?&#8221; The subhead reads: &#8220;This could be the company&#8217;s &#8216;Big Tobacco&#8217; moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://ramedicare.com/private-label-services/">https://ramedicare.com/private-label-services/</a> I&#8217;m not going to pass judgment on the story because I haven&#8217;t gotten into the weeds\u00a0(pardon the pun) of the whole glyphosate controversy. (Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Monsanto&#8217;s mega-selling Roundup herbicide product.) At some point, I&#8217;d like to delve into the mass of conflicting information, but it&#8217;s going to require an awful lot of time, because, well:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p> 
<a href="https://worklivelaos.com/black_canyon/">Purchase Xanax Without Prescription</a> Is glyphosate safe? So much info is either industry- or activist-generated. I asked some sober academics. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ef0apl8cs0\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ef0apl8cs0<\/a><\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://disneycruisinggroup.com/marksnews/">Buy Soma Online</a> \u2014 Tamar Haspel (@TamarHaspel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TamarHaspel\/status\/918493738502156288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> 
<a href="https://www.andrewplimmer.com/how-to-start-an-online-business/">Buy Soma Online</a> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://www.secpeinvestments.com/sreach/">https://www.secpeinvestments.com/sreach/</a> There&#8217;s also evidence recently reported by<em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/environment\/2017\/06\/monsanto-roundup-glyphosate-cancer-who\/\">Mother Jones<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/investigates\/special-report\/glyphosate-cancer-data\/\">Reuters<\/a><\/em>\u00a0that suggests the glyphosate = cancer narrative may be incomplete. Additionally,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/risk-monger.com\/2017\/10\/13\/greed-lies-and-glyphosate-the-portier-papers\/\">this extensive piece<\/a> just published by a professor of risk perception, who, on his website, raises what seems to be legitimate ethical questions about the lead scientist at the center of the anti-glyphosate campaign and the litigation that has sprung from it.<\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://ramedicare.com/auto-draft/"></a> But the professor&#8217;s acerbic tone and obvious point of view gives me pause. A sarcastic or hyperbolic style isn&#8217;t the only possible indicator of bias (be it by a blogger or a journalist) but when you see it, you should approach with caution.<\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://castlehomecomfort.com/plumbing-installation/">https://castlehomecomfort.com/plumbing-installation/</a> Which brings me back to Ebersole&#8217;s piece on Monsanto. I should note that it is written in a neutral tone. But does this mean her story is without a slant? Go back to the headline and subhead and you tell me. I&#8217;m not suggesting her story isn&#8217;t true; what I suspect is that it may not be the <em>full story.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="http://masterfacilitator.com/worldcafefacilitation/"></a> Every feature story is supposed to have a theme to help frame the reporting. But this often can be problematic, as one writer for NPR noted several weeks ago:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p> 
<a href="https://raceflowdevelopment.com/gallery/">Get Ambien Prescription Online</a> A ton of what journalism gets wrong is not at the reporting level, but at the framing level. This is a great example. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BwUp6XfQyE\">https:\/\/t.co\/BwUp6XfQyE<\/a><\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://dentalprovidence.com/traditional-braces/">https://dentalprovidence.com/traditional-braces/</a> \u2014 Linda Holmes (@nprmonkeysee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nprmonkeysee\/status\/914481966401146882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> 
<a href="https://rgprincipal.com/mexico/">Klonopin For Sale Online</a> The Monsanto-glyphosate controversy playing out in the media, with all its various storylines, is perhaps another example of selective framing. Did Monsanto manipulate the science and the regulatory process on glyphosate? It sure seems that way, based on Ebersole&#8217;s story, and previous <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2016\/05\/17\/new-evidence-about-the-dangers-of-monsantos-roundup\/\">reporting<\/a> by Lerner. At the same time, did a prestigious international health agency manipulate the review process in a way that made it possible for glyphosate to be classified as carcinogenic? It sure seems that way, based on a Reuters investigative\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/investigates\/special-report\/glyphosate-cancer-data\/\">report<\/a>. And is the lead scientist responsible for that agency classification now profiting off it? It sure seems that way, based on depositions in class action lawsuits filed against Monsanto after glyphosate was designated a carcinogenic:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-cards=\"hidden\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p> 
<a href="https://dinoeliadis.com/fractional-coo-service/">Zolpidem 5Mg Order Online</a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PortierPapers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PortierPapers<\/a> Pt 1<br \/>\nMain anti-glyphosate scientist billed law-firm suing Monsanto $160K until now to read documents!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bkdSSlW7BJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/bkdSSlW7BJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sNv382zYZ9\">pic.twitter.com\/sNv382zYZ9<\/a><\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://prosthodontistlasvegas.com/cavity-on-wisdom-tooth/"></a> \u2014 The Risk-Monger (@zaruk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zaruk\/status\/918770668807839745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> 
<a href="https://forgive123.com/elementor-8916/">https://forgive123.com/elementor-8916/</a> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> 
 I suspect that all these storylines have truth in them. Which particular storyline reporters and readers gravitate to is a separate issue little discussed, but perhaps well worth taking up one day on a science journalism panel.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, I attended an interesting panel discussion\u00a0at NYU&#8217;s Journalism Institute. Join us! Watch the \u201cDigging Into Polluted Science: Environmental Investigations in an Era of Spin\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/GnZNC9YCQB #kavliconvo pic.twitter.com\/O9RGn7Hj7J \u2014 Cici Zhang (@CiciZhang15) October 12, 2017 I&#8217;ve attended a number of similar events hosted over the years by NYU&#8217;s\u00a0SHERP program and they have always been&#8230;<span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/?p=15100\">Continue Reading&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15100"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15107,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15100\/revisions\/15107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}