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2. Climate change in the newsroom: journalists' evolving standards of objectivity when covering global warming
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hiles, Sara Shipley (author) and Hinnant, Amanda (author)
- Format:
- Journal article+
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 143 Document Number: D06466
- Journal Title:
- Science Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 36(4) : 428-453
- Notes:
- Research among experienced environmental journalists reveals a shift since 2000 in their view of "balance," as an element of objectivity. They now advocate a "weight of evidence" approach where stories reflect scientific consensus.
3. No health risks from GMOs
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Novella, Steven (author / Yale University School of Medicine)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: D11644
- Journal Title:
- Skeptical Inquirer
- Journal Title Details:
- 38(4)
- Notes:
- 5 pages., Author concludes that "genetic information is easy to portray as a new and scary technology, but fearmongering is largely based on misinformation, a misunderstanding of evolution and our place in the natural world, and vague fears of contamination. In reality, GMO safety testing is extensive and has not uncovered any safety concerns for current GMOs. There are other issues with GMOs that are worth discussing, but fears of adverse health effects are not legitimate." Cites a review of research ty the European Commission in 2010: "The main conclusion to be drawn from the efforts of more than 130 research projects, covering a period of more than 25 years of research and involving more than 500 independent research groups, is that biotechnology, and in particular GMOs, are not per se more risky than e.g. conventional plant breeding technologies."