In Unscientific America, we have a lot to say about the many problems with the handoff of information between scientists and journalists… but perhaps this cartoon is ultimately far more eloquent:
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May 22nd, 2009 at 11:44 am
Can’t it just drive you crazy!
May 22nd, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Clearly A did not cause B as it is the work of the liberal media. B is simply the Truth of God and has been intelligently designed for us. This is all the ‘intellectuals’ of these ‘colleges’ attempting to take God out of our classrooms. … 9/11. TERRORISM. It’s amazing that even though we have this documentation thing, whisper down the alley still works.
May 22nd, 2009 at 1:01 pm
You totally beat me to this! I had it with a slightly different title set as a post for early next week.
May 22nd, 2009 at 1:47 pm
They left out Twitter!
May 22nd, 2009 at 2:57 pm
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May 22nd, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Swine flu anyone? I see the news still has the swine flu. I wonder how well it actually spreads though compared to the common flu. I also wonder about the fatality rate – which is the more effective killer, swine or normal flu? You just can’t get the important figures out of the news.
May 23rd, 2009 at 11:16 am
Spot on comic. Just imagine if the organic foods folks found out that those plastic biodegradable cups that they are all embracing so rapidly are made by genetically engineered bacteria.
May 23rd, 2009 at 3:00 pm
popurls.com // popular today
story has entered the popular today section on popurls.com
May 23rd, 2009 at 5:11 pm
hilarious and so very true!
May 23rd, 2009 at 5:28 pm
Don’t forget the part where the research is overturned by a later study but the initial report just keeps getting turned out again and again.
Oh, and Jason….get a life.
May 23rd, 2009 at 10:47 pm
Lol! teh intarnets come before the TV networks, I love it!
May 24th, 2009 at 12:28 am
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May 24th, 2009 at 2:15 am
OMG! i kneew itt!!
WTH???????
May 25th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
I nearly missed the call out to boingboing, here caricatured as “dingding”.
May 29th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
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August 28th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
it make sense actually
August 31st, 2009 at 10:32 am
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