Post AtShbrvJr8S7uyYanY by Nonilex@masto.ai
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(DIR) Post #AtShM10eJ5dPSqUT8C by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-25T21:26:00Z
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Madness #AmericanAutocracy‘Vaguely Threatening’: #Trump Federal Prosecutor #EdMartin Queries Leading #Medical JournalThe New England Journal of Medicine [#NEJM] received a letter suggesting that it was biased & compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter.#law #censorship #FirstAmendment #Constitution #democracy #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #tyranny #dictatorship #AntiIntellectualism #science #medicine https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/health/nejm-prosecutor-letter.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=68CE025A-703F-4C94-87AA-8D0D7D06D23B
(DIR) Post #AtShbrvJr8S7uyYanY by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-25T21:28:52Z
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A federal prosecutor in Washington has contacted The New England Journal of Medicine, considered the world’s most prestigious #medical journal, w/questions that suggested without evidence that it was biased against certain views & influenced by external pressures.Dr. Eric Rubin, the editor in chief of #NEJM, described the letter as “vaguely threatening” in an interview with NYT.#law #censorship #FirstAmendment #Constitution #Trump #AbuseOfPower #AmericanAutocracy #tyranny #science #medicine
(DIR) Post #AtShu0fy3Nd0H91iYi by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-25T21:32:02Z
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At least 3 other journals have received similar letters from #EdMartin, a Republican activist serving as interim #USAttorney in DC. Martin has been criticized for using his office to target opponents of the #Trump admin.His letters accused the publications of being “partisans in various scientific debates” & asked a series of accusatory questions about bias & the selection of #research articles.#law #censorship #FirstAmendment #Constitution #tyranny #dictatorship #science #medicine
(DIR) Post #AtSi3OkhuJEXYNiikS by TCatInReality@mastodon.social
2025-04-25T21:33:46Z
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@Nonilex A federal prosecutor is investigating a private journal for "bias"?Face it folks, the dictatorship is here.#ThisIsAmericaNow
(DIR) Post #AtSi40FUUoqHqZPKMq by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-25T21:33:58Z
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Do they accept submissions from scientists with “competing viewpoints”? What do they do if the authors whose work they published “may have misled their readers”? Are they transparent about influence from “supporters, funders, advertisers & others”?News of the letter to #NEJM was reported earlier by STAT, a health news outlet.#EdMartin also asked about the role of the #NIH, which funds some of the #research the journals publish, & the agency’s role “in the development of submitted articles.”
(DIR) Post #AtSiGQ3ONcgXM1fXPc by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-25T21:36:10Z
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Amanda Shanor, a #FirstAmendment expert at the University of Pennsylvania, said the information published in reputable #medical journals like NEJM is broadly protected by the #Constitution.In most cases, journals have the same robust rights that apply to newspapers — the strongest the Constitution provides, she added.#law #censorship #FirstAmendment #Constitution #democracy #Trump #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #tyranny #dictatorship #AntiIntellectualism #science #medicine
(DIR) Post #AtSiToHFd2wUFMXKFM by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-25T21:38:36Z
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“There is no basis to say that anything other than the most stringent #FirstAmendment protections apply to #medical journals,” she said. “It appears aimed at creating a type of fear & chill that will have effects on people’s expression — that’s a constitutional concern.”It’s unclear how many journals have received these letters or the criteria that #EdMartin used to decide which publications to target.#law #censorship #Constitution #Trump #authoritarianism #tyranny #dictatorship #science
(DIR) Post #AtSiuhwLIZJWPXaBEW by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-25T21:43:29Z
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“Our job is to evaluate science & evaluate it in an unbiased fashion. That’s what we do & I think we do it well. The questions seem to suggest that there’s some bias in what we do—that’s where the vaguely threatening part comes in,”Dr. Rubin said.Jeremy Berg, fmr editor of #Science, said he thought the letters were to “#intimidate journals…” to publish papers that align w/the #Trump admin’s beliefs—on #ClimateChange & #vaccines, for example—even if the quality of the #research is poor.#law
(DIR) Post #AtSjART0JTlfxBMX0S by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-25T21:46:20Z
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#RFKJr, #Trump’s *#health* secy, singled out #NEJM in an interview w/the “Dr. Hyman Show” podcast last year as an example of a #medical journal that has participated in “lying to the public” & “retracting the real science.”Andrew Nixon, a spox for the #HHS, declined to comment on whether RFKJr had any involvement w/the letters.In the interview, RFKJr said he would seek to prosecute medical journals under federal anti-corruption laws.#law #FirstAmendment #Constitution #dictatorship #science
(DIR) Post #AtSjNUh9ccmRjLCksa by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-25T21:48:41Z
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“I’m going to litigate against you under the racketeering laws, under the general tort laws. I’m going to find a way to sue you unless you come up with a plan right now to show how you’re going to start publishing real science,”#RFKJr said.Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, #Trump’s new director of #NIH, has vigorously criticized the leadership of scientific journals. Recently he co-founded a new journal as an alternative to traditional scientific publishing. It has published contrarian views on #Covid.
(DIR) Post #AtSjzWeAoTTimvwfbc by ErickaSimone@mastodon.social
2025-04-25T21:55:26Z
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@Nonilex I actively ready nejm. this is insane.
(DIR) Post #AtSkF2thBnUx9ebeMK by troy_frizzell@mstdn.social
2025-04-25T21:58:21Z
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@Nonilex "“I’m going to litigate against you under the racketeering laws, under the general tort laws."In other words, he's going to waste tax money getting his ass kicked in court.Great.
(DIR) Post #AtSktbKCbkTZVsLJho by paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange
2025-04-25T22:05:38Z
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@Nonilex "influenced by external pressures"more likely they are trying to see if the NEJM is susceptible to external pressure...
(DIR) Post #AtSxbBHjz0REwajqAi by Fat_Farang@mastodon.social
2025-04-26T00:28:00Z
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@Nonilex Conservatives have been attacking "peer review" as biased. They're tried creating their own "professional" journals but it has always failed. The scientific method is a roadblock to conspiracy "science", so an attack by the vaccines-cause-autism crowd on longstanding journals should come as no surprise.
(DIR) Post #AtSxxny4qFLbHtKRo8 by skua@mastodon.social
2025-04-26T00:32:01Z
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@Nonilex One of the fake implications that I was expecting to see here but didn't, was any article published about health in Gaza being an (implied) attack on Netanyahu's ISR Israel which Trump's bullshit has perverted into antisemitism.#BullshitAntisemitism #LegitimateCriticismOfISRIsrael
(DIR) Post #AtT47PZL0jusEhim4u by catsrule0000@sfba.social
2025-04-26T01:41:01Z
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@Nonilex jfc
(DIR) Post #AtTDnlJNShoJQ4WbuS by ChrisHolladay@mastodon.social
2025-04-26T03:29:32Z
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@Nonilex Fucking Psycho