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rearranging the chairs on the news titanic
# tech

rearranging the chairs on the news titanic

Newspapers are still on the warpath against bloggers and it's not working out for them.

how not to write an article about sexuality
# sex

how not to write an article about sexuality

Blaming porn for societal problems isn't exclusive to religious zealots.

there’s a reason we call it a target audience…
# science

there’s a reason we call it a target audience…

NYT’s Virginia Heffernan seems shocked and appalled that popular science blogs aren't dry, purely academic exercises in summarizing scientific papers.

to out or not to out, that is the question…
# politics

to out or not to out, that is the question…

Skeptical bloggers are debating whether to out a troll whose fabrications fueled Chris Mooney's anti-atheist stories.

sockpuppets and fact checking, or lack thereof
# politics

sockpuppets and fact checking, or lack thereof

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.

why you should honor thy scientists
# science

why you should honor thy scientists

Whataboutism between science and religion in the media means only one thing: the writers simply don't understand science.

the worst science news on the web
# science

the worst science news on the web

One would think a tabloid would at least be able to tell science from random nonsense. Not The Daily Mail.

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