The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has put out a statement asserting that the leading health risks for Americans are meat and dairy products.
Agreed, it absolutely doesn’t discredit what they say.
But the group name and headline are written in such a way that it sounds like a unbiased independent research organization made a conclusion based on rigorous science, so its worthwhile to be clear about the biases of the headline. The group is a philosophical action committee, they have a bias, good reporting reports the bias.
PS I’m only downvoting you here because you downvoted me, fair is fair.
It’s important to bring up the Center for Organizational Research and Education:
The organization defends the alcohol, meat, and tobacco industries and has been critical of organizations including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the Humane Society of the United States, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
Agreed, it absolutely doesn’t discredit what they say.
But the group name and headline are written in such a way that it sounds like a unbiased independent research organization made a conclusion based on rigorous science, so its worthwhile to be clear about the biases of the headline. The group is a philosophical action committee, they have a bias, good reporting reports the bias.
PS I’m only downvoting you here because you downvoted me, fair is fair.
It’s important to bring up the Center for Organizational Research and Education:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Organizational_Research_and_Education
Oh, was the article headline about this CORE lobby group? I must have missed that in the article.
That’s a group funded by a billionaire to slander orgs he disagrees with.
Ok, that would make a good independent post to talk about the politics in science policy!