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To: mph who wrote (21078)	6/15/2006 11:36:07 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 541272

I think both are wrong. Qualifiers are important. And I agree with you- we are all biased. It's just harder to see our own biases. I catch a lot of mine, but not the one you pointed out. Since it's such a thorny area, I don't find it all that amusing- just problematic. Edit- I think qualifiers are especially important when the "scientists" involved represent a small group of scientists. It's misleading to make it sound like the article (whatever it might be, and for whatever side) refers to scientists in general, wouldn't you say? Obviously papers mislead people all the time- especially with headlines- but I don't think it's a good thing. It's part of the media bias, I would have thought- thought I tend to think media bias is more about stupidity, and inaccuracy, then it is about political bias.