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PATH: BS | Dubious Research Students say media should get Government approval for stories Posted by Pile (9095 views) [E-Mail link] [Polls] [Newspapers] A Connecticut organization polled thousands of high school students and found that 36% believe newspapers should get "government approval" of stories before publishing; 13% have no opinion, and 32% feel the media has "too much freedom." READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article Online University That Gave Cat Diploma Sued For Fraud Posted by Pile (9542 views) [E-Mail link] [Edumakashun] [Dubious Research] An online university that supposedly granted a graduate degree in business to a pet cat was sued Monday for consumer fraud by the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office. Rumor has it the cat immediately got a job with Arthur Anderson. Obviously, the tip-off was a cat with an MBA. They should have limited their student body to dogs and hamsters and nobody would have been the wiser. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article "Biodegradable" cell phone which turns into a flower? Posted by Pile (9209 views) [E-Mail link] [Dubious Research] Researchers at the University of Warwick have prounounced with pride that they have created a "biodegradable" cell phone that can be planted and grows flowers. Of course, they're quite liberally assuming that if the plastic cover of the phone is biodegradable, then that gives them the hubris to claim the entire phone is environmentally sound. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article Internet porn worse than crack? Posted by Pile (8061 views) [E-Mail link] [Dubious Research] Internet pornography is the new crack cocaine, leading to addiction, misogyny, pedophilia, boob jobs and erectile dysfunction, according to clinicians and researchers testifying before a Senate committee Thursday. READ MORE | 2 comments since 2004-11-24 04:02:21 | Comment on this Article How journalists kill science Posted by Pile (8019 views) [E-Mail link] [Dubious Research] [News Media] The Columbia Journalism Review has an insightful story on how the mainstream media, in their effort to pander to certain profitable demographic groups have shown an increasing tendency to ignore facts and overwhelming scientific evidence when deciding which stories to run and what to say. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article To the victor goes the spoilage Posted by RantMaster (8867 views) [E-Mail link] [Polls] Some in the media are claiming Kerry won the election. The exit polls are accurate. Pollsters ask, "Who did you vote for?" Unfortunately, they don't ask the crucial, question, "Was your vote counted?" READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article Rent-an-expert... any flavor you want Posted by Pile (7667 views) [E-Mail link] [Dubious Research] [Media] New York Times ombudsman Daniel Okrent has critiqued the practice by his newspaper and others of relying on information from "expert analysts" without informing readers that many of the experts represent the interests of their financial sponsors. "Bad reporters find experts by calling up university press relations officials or brokerage research departments and saying, in effect, 'Gimme an expert,'" he writes. "Really bad reporters, paradoxically, work a little harder: knowing the conclusions they want to arrive at, they seek out experts who just happen to agree with them. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article Are YOU a "Likely Voter" ?? Posted by Pile (9253 views) [E-Mail link] [Polls] If you pay attention, you'll see in almost all polls shown in the media today, in fine print or on television it will say something like "in a poll of likely voters". This is an interesting statistical "gimmick" used by the polling companies that allows them to fudge the stats. Depending upon which polling organization the definition of "likely voters" varies dramatically. Read on for more details. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article ABC "news" claims Republicans have better sex lives Posted by Pile (9001 views) [E-Mail link] [Dubious Research] ABC news is reporting a story that Republicans have better sex than Democrats based on some telephone poll they conducted. Does this really prove Republicans have better sex or are they just better at lying? Regardless, do we really care which partisian group has generally better sex lives? What kind of a poll was this? Good afternoon sir, are you a Democrat or a Republican, and can you tell me are you happy with your sex life? READ MORE | 1 comment since 2004-10-18 15:24:35 | Comment on this Article Polls show US-International relations getting worse Posted by Pile (9486 views) [E-Mail link] [Sociology] [Polls] Newsday has an article comprising the results of polls taken in Canada, France, Britain, Spain, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Mexico, Israel and Russia. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article 10 Articles displayed. Show More Articles.

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