For Female Astronomers, Sexual Harassment Is a Constant Nightmare

Re:For Female Astronomers, Sexual Harassment Is a Constant N... by I_HALF_CATS on Monday April 18, 2016 @11:00AM (#11520408)

I investigated Vice for over six months for a book. Their media is so bad I regularly call it a liar's cult.

It should be stated that Vice has no fact-checking process. They also rarely issue corrections. Read everything from them with caution.

Here is an article where I fact-checked two documentaries with links to other fact checks.

https://notvice.com/fact-checking-vice-a-fiction-2d482100116...

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Re:For Female Astronomers, Sexual Harassment Is a Constant N... by snowwrestler on Monday April 18, 2016 @01:24PM (#11521585)

Ok, but for this story Vice is mostly recycling facts and stories reported elsewhere. It's a fact that Geoff Marcy was disciplined for harassing women. It's a fact that Christian Ott was disciplined for harassing women. It's a fact that women scientists are speaking on the record about these things.

So I don't see how your comment is relevant to the article we're discussing.

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Re:For Female Astronomers, Sexual Harassment Is a Constant N... by I_HALF_CATS on Monday April 18, 2016 @05:33PM (#11523318)

Did the article really describe a 'constant nightmare' or was the article more an example of anectdata.

I would argue that demonizing STEM fields with sensational language does more harm than good.

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Re:For Female Astronomers, Sexual Harassment Is a Constant N... by snowwrestler on Monday April 18, 2016 @06:00PM (#11523454)

I don't think Vice has a monopoly on clickbait headlines.

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Re:For Female Astronomers, Sexual Harassment Is a Constant N... by I_HALF_CATS on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @01:01AM (#11524985)

I'm not quite sure what you're advocating. The reporting isn't original and the headline is click-bait.

I consider yc news a place for elevated discussion not for elevating BS.

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Re:For Female Astronomers, Sexual Harassment Is a Constant N... by Chris2048 on Monday April 18, 2016 @02:40PM (#11522168)

It's relevant - maybe it's not all true, or recycled fact, so the repute of vice is relevant.

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