I think it does in some cases. If I see an environmental impact study that says if we drill here everything is just rosy and I see that the study was funded by the company that wants to do the drilling, I would look at that study suspiciously. It might be legit and the company is on the up and up...but experience tells me otherwise. He needs to shopw where he is getting this info that the study was funded by Mr. Firth...in a concrete manner....not just from some right wing blogger that I have never even heard of before. Even if it was from a right winger that I don't necessarily trust, but have at least heard of...that would give his claim at least a little credibility...but I am sure a study has to list it's funding source. Does anyone have access to that Biology journal by any chance?
-----Original Message----- From: Maureen [mailto:mamamaur...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 10:45 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Fox News? Really can this be called a News channel? I don't know. Since you are the only one saying the scientists who have been paid by big oil are irrelevant, why don't you explain it. Seems to me that you made "A" point that funding affects the validity of research, and under that criteria your statement below would be accurate. However, that is certainly not my view. On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So why is every scientist that ever earned a dime from big oil irrelevant? > BTW, that wasn't THE point, it was A point. > > On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 10:59 PM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> If a study can be disregarded because of the funding source, then >> every clinical trial that has been funded by a pharmaceutical company >> will have to be tossed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:347063 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
