Date sent:              Fri, 2 Jul 1999 10:13:29 EDT
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Subject:                Re: Bazell and Science Reporting
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Dear Val Dusek, recently there was a mail about the Lawrence-Berkeley
Lab-researcher who more or less faked data on health effects of
electromagnetic fields. I have lost this, did it come from you?
Thanks for hrlp
Bernward Joerges



> In a message dated 7/2/99 0:13:08 AM EST, Miles Sacks writes:
>
> > Bazell of NBC news is one who often give premature medical news.=20
> >
>
> Robert Bazell was the only major media reporter who raised questions about
> the  misleading of reporters during the 1980s concerning publication status
> of his works by Bouchard of the Minnesota twin studies. (Sins and Twins, New
> Republic, Dec. (?) 1987) For this he is to be commended.  In that case he was
> one of the few who did not simply recycle the publicity announcments from the
> twin study group.
>
> Val Dusek



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