I see the offending Times piece is by John Tierney.
Damned if I (or anyone else outside the paper) has any clue why the Times keeps him on, let alone allows him to write about science. If I'm remembering correctly not only is he not even remotely qualified -- not trained in the sciences, not a reliable amateur of the sciences -- but the degree to which he writes not so much about science as about his own ideological biases is fairly notorious.
If I'm remembering correctly he doesn't just believe Girls Can't Do Math: he's also a climate change denier, and stuff like that. It's not so surprising to see him doing yet another iteration of Larry Summers Was Right.
It's just surprising that the people making these decisions at the Times don't realize that this sort of thing is why The Old Journalism is dying.
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Date: 2010-06-10 05:48 am (UTC)Damned if I (or anyone else outside the paper) has any clue why the Times keeps him on, let alone allows him to write about science. If I'm remembering correctly not only is he not even remotely qualified -- not trained in the sciences, not a reliable amateur of the sciences -- but the degree to which he writes not so much about science as about his own ideological biases is fairly notorious.
If I'm remembering correctly he doesn't just believe Girls Can't Do Math: he's also a climate change denier, and stuff like that. It's not so surprising to see him doing yet another iteration of Larry Summers Was Right.
It's just surprising that the people making these decisions at the Times don't realize that this sort of thing is why The Old Journalism is dying.