I myself have not experienced this, but Roger Pielke Jr. talked about his direct experience with this when I had him on my podcast last fall. Folks can listen here:
Episode 15: Roger Pielke Jr. on Science in Policy and Politics<http://ericgarza.info/episode-15/> Cheers, Eric Garza, PhD Cell: (802) 881-8675 Web: EricGarza.info<http://ericgarza.info> ________________________________ From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news <ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU> on behalf of John A. <omnipithe...@yahoo.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 12:24 PM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Attacks on the Credibility of Scientists The Flint water crisis demonstrated that some public officials are willing to make false statements in an attempt to discredit science conducted in the public interest—especially if the results of that science expose failure and neglect on the part of those officials. In some cases these officials have attacked the credibility of individual scientists in an attempt to deflect attention from their own professional lapses. I would be interested to hear from anyone on the list who has experienced similar attacks on their professional credibility—whether as faculty, graduate students, agency scientists or independent researchers. I will keep all replies in strictest confidence. Please contact me off-list with my thanks in advance. - J. A.
