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“Transparency” should not equal a license to harass scientists

Abusive FOIA requests for emails
Abusive FOIA requests for emails

Kevin Folta was subject to an abusive FOIA request for his emails by US Right To Know, an anti-GMO group seeking to harass him for his advocacy for GMOs. Paul Thacker, a journalist, used those emails without pointing out the true nature of the source of the FOIA request, and has argued for an expansive view of FOIA that is basically a license for groups like USTRK to harass scientists.

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Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Popular culture Pseudoscience Science Skepticism/critical thinking

A sad day for public science advocacy

This is the sort of crap Kevin Folta had to put up with. Why did I use this picture for this post? Consider it a chance to suck in the same sort of anti-GMO cranks who drove Dr. Folta from the discussion of science and then yell at them "Psyche!" when they figure out that this article is not criticism of Dr. Folta, but of their bullying and harassment.

I’ve been at this blogging thing for more than a decade now. Looking back on those years, I find it incredible that I’ve lasted this long. For one thing, I still marvel that there are apparently thousands of people out there who still like to read my nearly daily musings (or, as George Carlin would […]