Media bias and sciencehttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/27974/media-bias-and-science I&#39;m not in the business of knocking journals, and feel somewhat uncomfortable doing so, but yesterday I heard (and then wrote) a story about what happened when a scientist wrote and submitted an article to the Veterinary Record about alternative medicineen-USTelligent Community 10RE: Media bias and sciencehttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/208530?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:25:25 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:d676537f-507d-42b2-a2db-e7b95a8b8873Robert FalconerTaylor<p>I believe Prince Charles got Dr Ernst kicked out his job a while back so perhaps editor of VR is after a knighthood?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>RE: Media bias and sciencehttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/208525?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 26 Feb 2019 15:15:56 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:2dee716e-1ce7-44b8-8178-73e3f0016d6cNiall Taylor<p>[quote user=&quot;Iain Richards&quot;]I&#39;m making enquiries[/quote]</p> <p>Keep us posted if that&#39;s ok. The campaign for rational veterinary medicine has come across similar sentiments from Vet Times in the past regarding letters and articles about homeopathy.</p> <p>Niall</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>RE: Media bias and sciencehttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/208521?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 26 Feb 2019 15:04:16 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:4c2b969f-e309-4b85-ac90-db928d0a1adcIain Richards<p>I&#39;m puzzled by the VR response on this, really puzzled. SO I&#39;m making enquiries</p> <p></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>RE: Media bias and sciencehttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/208507?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 26 Feb 2019 12:07:15 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:b9102c54-593e-4747-b0f0-f5423499f126Niall Taylor<p>I read that blog entry from Prof Ernst and I have to say was a bit shocked myself to read how badly he was treated by the Vet Rec. How can you describe the &#39;benefits&#39; of a therapy which has been proven to be ineffective? But there is still a spurious belief that such articles have to be &#39;balanced&#39;. Sometimes some things are just plain wrong <img src="/emoticons/v2/Eye_rolling_smiley.gif" alt="Exasperated" /></p> <p>Niall</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>