Quickies
Quickies: Science reporting ethics, Zoe Quinn attends Congressional briefing, and Karlie Kloss’ coding scholarship
- How should journalists cover quacks like Dr Oz or the Food Babe? – “How do you communicate to a popular and deeply flawed messenger of health concerns, such as a Dr. Oz or a Vani Hari, who has a large, built-in audience and who seems immune to facts?” From Criticaldragon1177.
- Zoe Quinn attends Congressional briefing to testify about the ceaseless online harassment she’s received – “When thousands of faceless strangers have set their sights on you, every aspect of your life is bombarded and prodded until who you are is gone, and your life becomes almost unrecognizable.” From Amy.
- GE planning television series covering science and tech – “With the series, called “Breakthrough,” G.E. aims to create high-quality branded content that will highlight scientific innovation, some of it involving scientists who work for or with the company.” From Amy.
- Karlie Kloss starts #KodeWithKarlie scholarship foundation to teach high school girls how to code – ““I think its crucial that young women learn to code as early as possible,” says Kloss, “to ensure that we have a voice and a stake in what the world looks like.””
GE branded science. Great!
Wonder what wonders of tomorrow will make the cut?
Clean Coal? All you need to do is show sexy babes in the coal mines for that right?
CO2 Fracking? Hey, what could go wrong? I mean CO2 and fracking are both so safe, why not combine them?
Offshore Drilling? Fuck, really? Why are we not done with oil?
Or maybe we’ll get lucky and it will just be one long commercial on the benefits of GE appliances and electronics. Maybe some wind and solar power pipe dreams thrown in.
Blecch, can’t wait until Merrill Lynch launches its series extolling the virtues of gettin’ cheddar, Comcast creates a series that shows how net neutrality screws us all, and ADM starts it’s cooking show maybe with Paula Deen.
Amanda,
That “Breakthrough,” show sounds like could be fun.