On the show this week we talk to Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. The APPC runs FactCheck.org, which now includes SciCheck, a program that “focuses exclusively on false and misleading scientific claims that are made by partisans to influence public policy.”
Bay Area Listeners: Indre is performing on March 6th at the Conservatory of Music. The event, entitled “Connection: Music as a Gateway to the Brain” is free!
Kishore’s article at Mother Jones about this interview.
Links from the interview:
Kathleen Hall Jamieson at AAAS Meeting (Click Communicating Science Seminar)
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