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# tech
Newspapers are still on the warpath against bloggers and it's not working out for them.
# sex
Blaming porn for societal problems isn't exclusive to religious zealots.
# science
NYT’s Virginia Heffernan seems shocked and appalled that popular science blogs aren't dry, purely academic exercises in summarizing scientific papers.
# politics
Skeptical bloggers are debating whether to out a troll whose fabrications fueled Chris Mooney's anti-atheist stories.
# politics
Turns out that one of the stories Chris Mooney used to build his case against angry atheists ruining science education for everyone was created out of thin air by a fabulist.
# science
Whataboutism between science and religion in the media means only one thing: the writers simply don't understand science.
# science
One would think a tabloid would at least be able to tell science from random nonsense. Not The Daily Mail.