The Iron Yuppie

U.S. Scientists Say They Are Told to Alter Findings

This is bad. REALLY bad. I don't want to blow this out of proportion, so until I see actual examples of altered findings, I'll reserve judgment. Let me be clear, as well, that I do not feel that this sort of behavior is restricted to the current administration which, unfortunately, the writer chose to indict with the administration's push to revamp the Endangered Species Act. I believe that politicians have been doing this since time immemorial.

However, this is the kind of stuff that blogs and the web will excel at overturning. Wouldn't a simple anonymous blog with the pre-altered data prevent this kind of thing from occurring altogether? The numbers seem extraordinarily large as well. If, as is stated, 31% of scientists HAD been asked to change data, wouldn't that be national news? I think if one had been asked to change her study, that'd be national news. Are they being asked to change data or just findings? I'd love to spend some time drilling into this; I know that everything is subjective, but a little pendulum swing back towards objectivity would be kind of nice.