Bad Science » Nerdy fun with URLs February 4, 2009
Posted by Jonathan Hewett in : delicious links , add a commentBen Goldacre has fun at the expense of the Express and Telegraph websites — and perhaps causes red faces at the Guardian, too:
"I thought this was fairly well known, but for those who haven’t joined in the lolz, the websites of Express and the Telegraph, at least, let you substitute whatever text you want at the end of their web addresses."
Bad Science » The Daily Telegraph misrepresent a scientist’s work, then refuse to correct it when he writes to them. January 9, 2009
Posted by Jonathan Hewett in : delicious links , add a commentBen Goldacre on the trail. University press release might be partly to blame.?
“To my mind this is poor quality journalism followed, more importantly, by cowardly editorial decision-making. This article could very easily be retracted or corrected, clearly and unambiguously, in the newspaper.”