{"id":8064,"date":"2012-01-12T14:49:06","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T19:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/collideascape\/?p=8064"},"modified":"2012-01-12T14:49:06","modified_gmt":"2012-01-12T19:49:06","slug":"corrections-not-necessary-in-botched-atlantic-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/?p=8064","title":{"rendered":"Corrections Not Necessary in Botched Atlantic Story?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> 
<a href="https://dentalprovidence.com/payment/">Buy Soma 350 Mg Online</a> If the writer of a magazine story admits to significant errors in his piece, shouldn&#8217;t the publication then acknowledge this with an editor&#8217;s note, providing corrections?<\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://raceflowdevelopment.com/customer-service/"></a> I ask because there are new developments to the story about that botched <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/health\/archive\/2012\/01\/the-very-real-danger-of-genetically-modified-foods\/251051\/\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a> in The Atlantic, which, as I wrote <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/2012\/01\/11\/the-very-real-danger-of-unvetted-journalism\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> 
<a href="https://rgprincipal.com/chile/"></a> used this\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/cr\/journal\/v22\/n1\/full\/cr2011158a.html\" target=\"_blank\">study<\/a>\u00a0as a springboard to raise concerns about GMO foods.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> 
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<a href="https://ramedicare.com/frequently-asked-questions/">https://ramedicare.com/frequently-asked-questions/</a> Recently, food columnist Ari Levaux wrote what can only be described as a completely unscientific article in\u00a0<em>The Atlantic<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/health\/archive\/2012\/01\/the-very-real-danger-of-genetically-modified-foods\/251051\/\">claiming that microRNAs (miRNAs) are a &#8220;very real danger of GMOs.&#8221;\u009d<\/a>\u00a0I won&#8217;t go point by point through the horrendous inaccuracies in his piece,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/biologyfiles.fieldofscience.com\/2012\/01\/why-did-atlantic-publish-this-piece.html\">as Emily Willingham has more than hacked them to bits<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> 
<a href="https://dinoeliadis.com/small-business-solutions/">Order Ultram Online</a> In the comments thread of Wilcox&#8217;s post, LeVaux defends himself while also <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/science-sushi\/2012\/01\/12\/the-very-real-scaremongering-of-ari-levaux\/#comment-280\" target=\"_blank\">admitting<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> 
<a href="https://castlehomecomfort.com/drain-cleaning/"></a> I acknowledge there were some significant scientific errors in my Atlantic piece, and my argument could have been stronger. With a lot of help from great thinkers, some of whom didn&#8217;t agree with me, my rewrite posted yesterday on Alternet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> 
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<a href="https://disneycruisinggroup.com/marksnews/"></a> Meanwhile, if you revisit the original <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/health\/archive\/2012\/01\/the-very-real-danger-of-genetically-modified-foods\/251051\/\" target=\"_blank\">piece<\/a>\u00a0at The Atlantic, you&#8217;ll notice this below the subhead:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> 
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<a href="https://rgprincipal.com/contact-colombia/">https://rgprincipal.com/contact-colombia/</a> That&#8217;s it! No acknowledgment that the Atlantic article contains &#8220;significant scientific errors,&#8221; as the author himself admits. The magazine&#8217;s editors, in whatever language they deem appropriate, should acknowledge in their update what the author himself acknowledges. The Atlantic story will have a long shelf life online and new readers coming to it in the future should be made aware of its errors.<\/p>\n<p> 
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