Myth is truth (p < .05)
Myth is truth (p < .05)
In this week's Tom the Dancing Bug, Ruben Bolling explains "how great journalism is done" (the full strip is here.). He's talking about political journalism, obviously. Science journalism is generally simpler, since the scientific equivalents of political parties are usually too diffuse and too weak to call a publication effectively to account for unfairness. In fact, most of the time there aren't any powerful voices at all to call you to account if you write something wrong or foolish about a scientific topic.
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- Myths Unravel
Myths Unravel Another day, another media-generated Obama myth destroyed. This time it turns out that those hordes of small donors everybody knows contributed Obamoney to Obama in such huge numbers were actually not really there at all - at least not in the numbers that were touted. That is not to say that Obama’s fundraising was not impressive - obviously, it was. But the money from large contributers dwarfed the amount from small.
- The Truth About Recycling
- The Surprising Truth About Bankruptcy
We knew we needed to declare bankruptcy two years before we officially did it. We were struggling financially, and we barely had enough money to cover the bills and the gas at the end of the day - which didn’t count the nearly $30,000 in debt and medical bills that we owed. But still, we struggled. We had been raise to pay our debts, plain and simple. My husband and I took odd jobs in the evening to earn as much extra as we could.
- Dividend Investment Myths
Dividend Inc. submits: There is a commonly told myth that says that companies that pay a dividend misallocate funds that could be used to generate new revenue or grow the company. According to this myth the lack of growth in the company will keep the stock's price low over the short and long term. This is the most fascinating misconception that exists about dividend paying companies.
- Kobe Myths – Playoff Edition
- It’s Only a Myth if You Believe That Those Sluts Were Asking For It
Because if women don’t call it rape then it’s just not. This op/ed is one of the most ridiculous I’ve read in a long, long time (and that’s pretty impressive). Heather MacDonald argues that high rates of sexual assault on campus don’t exist because women don’t always define their experiences as rape; she then goes on to say that women who say they were raped are lying sluts who exaggerate the truth and were probably asking for it.
- A saner era? Myths about trans kids in schools, courtesy of FOX News
I’ve been following the media reactions to a story from Colorado about a young transgender girl in the 2nd grade and the usual gang of clowns are doing their “moral outrage” acts. It’s all fairly predictable, but it’s still fun and somewhat illuminating to pick apart what’s being said, so let’s take a look, shall we? For starters, if you have questions about young trans kids (and many people do) an excellent resource is the TransYouth Families Advocates FAQ.
- Iraq myths
Juan Cole knocks down all 10 strawmen he set up. I respect Professor Juan Cole’s knowledge of the Middle East but his post today on “Top Ten Myths about Iraq 2007” was propaganda disguised as scholarship. His myths were myths. His No. 1 myth: “The reduction in violence in Iraq is mostly because of the escalation in the number of US troops, or ‘surge’.” He should know that the Surge was not just sending a bunch of troops into Iraq but also to work with the Iraqi people to get them to turn on al.
- Myth War 2 Online se met a jour
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- Myth War 2 Online : vous reprendrez bien un peu d'IGG ?
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