“NYT: Paper of Alarmism, by Julie Gunlock.”
The New York Times has a well established reputation for spreading alarmism about chemicals. The “paper of record” takes the lead in promoting (to its seven or so fawning readers) the anti-science propaganda so prevalent in today’s media. The paper’s editors don’t even require these topics be covered by science writers; instead, one of the paper’s food writers and a foreign policy writer regularly use their columns to rant on issues they know nothing about. Read the full article on IWF’s Inkwell blog.
New York Times and Chemical Alarmism
April 18, 2013