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Re:The Continuing Bizarre Decline in Science Reporting at th... by Axien on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @02:30PM (#28921626)
Why are we getting our science news from the liberal arts majors on the other side of campus? The problem is they really do not understand science. They believe everything is concrete and don’t understand the nuances.
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Re:The Continuing Bizarre Decline in Science Reporting at th... by hoppyhoppy2 on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @03:29PM (#28922520)
Why are we assuming the New York Times doesn't hire science majors as science reporters?

>a Master of Science degree in biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

https://www.nytimes.com/by/apoorva-mandavilli

( ^ the author of the NYT article that was the subject of the correction!)

>graduated cum laude with a B.A. in physics from Princeton University in 1987. He also received an M.S. in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1988 and a graduate certificate in science writing from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1995.

https://www.nytimes.com/by/kenneth-chang

>graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz Science Communication Program and completed his undergraduate degree at Cornell University, where he studied biology.

https://www.nytimes.com/by/nicholas-st-fleur

>holds a Ph.D. in microbiology and immunobiology from Harvard University.

https://www.nytimes.com/by/katherine-j--wu

etc, etc, etc if you search the web for "science reporter nyt" (these are just a few of the first results).

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Re:The Continuing Bizarre Decline in Science Reporting at th... by xyzzy21 on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @08:51PM (#28925569)
Evidently their degrees are Bayesian FALSE POSITIVES - they are NOT the experts qualified as their degrees would mislead you to believe!
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