Comments on: Science Reporting Gone Wild

By: The British Media’s “Blonde Moment” | Health Book

The British Media’s “Blonde Moment” | Health Book — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 10:37:37 +0000

[...] The study in question had nothing to do with blondes, or indeed hair at all. As originally reported over at Neuroworld, Dr. Aaron Sell, the lead author, denies saying the things he is quoted as saying in the article. [...]

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Fri, 27 May 2011 07:55:48 +0000

By: Beauty Science Reporting Gone Bad: Warrior Blondes | Fitness Lifestyle Health Club

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:42:02 +0000

[...] god for science bloggers like Ryan Sager at True Slant who do their homework. Ryan questioned the results in the Times article so he sent an email to the [...]

By: Beauty Science Reporting Gone Bad: Warrior Blondes | I Must Beauty

Beauty Science Reporting Gone Bad: Warrior Blondes | I Must Beauty — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:00:54 +0000

[...] god for science bloggers like Ryan Sager at True Slant who do their homework. Ryan questioned the results in the Times article so he sent an email to the [...]

By: Beauty Science Reporting Gone Bad: Warrior Blondes | Beauty Aware

Beauty Science Reporting Gone Bad: Warrior Blondes | Beauty Aware — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:53:09 +0000

[...] god for science bloggers like Ryan Sager at True Slant who do their homework. Ryan questioned the results in the Times article so he sent an email to the [...]

By: arnold

arnold — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:22:32 +0000

So the researcher co-operated with the reporter, and got screwed, huh? Was he drunk on the attention, was he after a job, maybe tenure? We all whore ourselves to the media, and if we are not vain enough to do it by ourselves our employers make us play this game. This academic lost – rule one, only do TV or radio, they only give you 30 seconds but its in your control – and now whines. Suck it up, Doc, your moment of martyrdom is over. Now get back to work.

By: The Scientist’s Toolkit: Check your prejudices. « The Organizational Scientist

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:55:23 +0000

[...] get in his way. There’s been some online coverage of this egregious example of reporting (try here and here) and some discussion of the role of a responsible press in not totally fabricating stories [...]

By: Nachiket Vartak

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:48:48 +0000

Despite the term “third-world” not having any real meaning anymore , that is a rather sweeping generalization. In keeping with the spirit of the blogpost, would you kind provide the relevant research based on which you depreciate journalists everywhere?

By: “Watching the pot come to a boil” « Locust blog

“Watching the pot come to a boil” « Locust blog — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:55:03 +0000

[...] The writer Ryan Sager has reported accurately on the story here: http://trueslant.com/ryansager/2010/01/18/science-reporting-gone-wild/ [...]

By: Blonde ambition: The Sunday Times and writing up research « HEALTH RISK

Blonde ambition: The Sunday Times and writing up research « HEALTH RISK — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:47:09 +0000

[...] after the story got picked up Ryan Sager of Neuroworld, his email to Sell about his study received this response: based on our [...]