Tag Archives: false balance
Yes, scientific journals should publish political rebuttals
If they can. Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Scicomm, Science
Tagged Anthony Fauci, Björn Brembs, false balance, glamour journals, journal prestige, peer review, pro-democracy, Science journal, science journalism, science news, scientific journals, Tucker Carlson
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Journalistic entropy
Say you need to store a square image 1,000 pixels wide to a side with the smallest filesize (setting aside compression techniques). The image begins with the colour #009900 on the left side and, as you move towards the right, … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Scicomm
Tagged conspiracy theories, coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19, entropy, fact-checking, false balance, health journalism, image compression, Indian Council of Medical Research, information theory, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Priyanka Pulla, pseudoscience, science journalism, thermodynamics, Washington Post
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Good journalism is still around
This morning, a trusted scientist called my attention to a tweet thread by Jordan Fischer listing the many good stories journalists in the US had done that had improved the lives of people. The scientist then tagged me, presumably to … Continue reading
Posted in Op-eds
Tagged COVID-19, false balance, fourth estate, freedom of the press, Jordan Fischer, journalism
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Nitin Gadkari, tomato chutney and blood
There is a famous comedy scene in Tamil cinema, starring the actors Vadivelu and ‘Bonda’ Mani. Those who understand Tamil should skip this awkward retelling – intended for non-Tamil speakers, to the video below and the post after. Vadivelu has … Continue reading
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Tagged Bertrand Russell, Bonda Mani, coronavirus pandemic, false balance, journalism, nationalism, NDTV, Nitin Gadkari, novel coronavirus, Prakash Javadekar, press freedom, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, pseudoscience, scientism, tomato chutney, Vadivelu, Western science
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Mad Mike: Foolish Road
On Sunday, an American thrill-seeker named Mike Hughes died after attempting to launch himself to an altitude of 5,000 feet on a homemade steam-powered rocket. A video of the accident is available because a crew of the Science Channel filmed … Continue reading
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Tagged Earth curvature, false balance, flat Earth, flat earth society, flat Earthers, Karman line, Mike Hughes, pseudoscience, Science Channel, upper atmosphere
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On cancers, false balance and the judiciary
Climate change has for long been my go-to example to illustrate how absolute objectivity can sometimes be detrimental to the reliability of a news report. Stating that A said “Climate change is real” and that B replied “No, it isn’t” … Continue reading
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Tagged cancer, carcinogen, cellphone towers, false balance, Joel Moskowitz, lung cancer, non-ionising radiation, radio-frequency radiation, Supreme Court of India
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What’s common to #yesallwomen, scripta manent, good journalism and poka-yoke?
A professing of intelligence without continuous practice can, and will, occasionally legitimise immature thinking. Continue reading
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Tagged #notallmen, #yesallwomen, Annie Zaidi, climate change, false balance, Fatal Beatings, feminism, Franz Rosenzweig, free speech, Indian Constitution, intelligence, molestation, patriarchy, poka-yoke, Rowan Atkinson, slapstick, The Quint, written word
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Corrected: Environmental journalism in India and false balance
If only in Indian environmental journalism, there is no Other Side anymore for sure. Continue reading
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Tagged environmental activism, environmental journalism, false balance, Gautam Adani, journalism, National Democratic Alliance
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Has ‘false balance’ become self-evidently wrong?
Have we finally entered a period wherein awareness of the fallacies of AGW-denial has matured enough for false-balance to have become either deliberate or the result of mindlessness? Continue reading
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Tagged anthropogenic global warming, climate skepticism, epistemology, false balance, journalism
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