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Scientific American's departing editor and the politicization of science

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473 points Bostonian | 1 comments | 18 Nov 24 22:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.214s | source
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dmagee ◴[19 Nov 24 00:01 UTC] No.42178651[source]▶
Trust in institutions is at an all time low. The last thing we need is for these institutions to veer away from their goals to push a political agenda. Good riddance to her.
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red016 ◴[19 Nov 24 00:32 UTC] No.42178901[source]▶
I used to love Popular Science but these magazines all died 20 years ago. Science reporting was the first type of journalism to go, much easier to write clickbait about current events. Remember Scientific American already endorsed Biden last election which was a wtf moment.
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1. devmor ◴[19 Nov 24 18:38 UTC] No.42186724[source]▶
Why do you find it a "wtf moment" that a scientific magazine would endorse the opposition candidate to one threatening to all but destroy federal funding for most scientific research in the country?

It seems clear to me that this would be the most appropriate circumstance for such an endorsement.