Warning: Journalism Warning Labels Inspire Science Warning Labels

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Warning: Journalism Warning Labels Inspire Science Warning Labels

Tom Scott recently created “Journalism Warning Labels” which are quite brilliant. While his labels will soon be entertaining bus and train passengers around the world, I thought we could use these labels for science journalism, as well. Further, if we could find a way to attach them to various science articles on the internet, we would really be in business. I propose a Digg-type website that attaches said labels to science articles found on the internet so non-experts can readily identify non-kosher science journalism. Obviously, we would have our work cut out for us dealing with the Huffington Post and other websites hosting pseudoscience, but we should not forget that we have individuals within our scientific ranks who also shine a negative light on science. I’ve come up with a new sticker to add to Tom’s list. This sticker should address the pseudoscientists and other renegade scientists among us.