Common Dreams reports
Facing a presidential administration committed to waging war on Science, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) this week launched a website to help scientists blow the whistle on government interference in their work.
[...] The website encourages scientists employed by state and federal agencies to share "memos, emails, directives, or any other documents;" to send "datasets or other information that has been altered or removed from public view;" and adds: "You can also describe anything that has been communicated orally or even rumors that you have heard, and we will investigate."
The UCS urges potential whistleblowers to use encrypted communications, anonymous email, and the postal service to send materials, and encourages following the Electronic Frontier Foundation's advice for protecting privacy.
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NASA's Earth Science Datasets and Others May be Disappearing From Public Access
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Sunday February 19 2017, @01:46PM
Is it that Americans have the attention span of a gnat or that most people do not hang on every word coming from hyperventilating TV reporters, because they have better things to do?
There has arisen a conceit that those who do not buy into the media narrative are ignorant Philistines. To those who harbor that conceit i would counter that the "facts" used to construct that narrative are quite cherry-picked, and the narrative is purposeful, not objective or in any way "The TRUTH." If you believe it is, go and spend some time in a press department or major publication and think again.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 20 2017, @12:31AM
TV reporters
As stated, Lamestream Media is a DUBIOUS source of information.
As with anything where -profit- trumps all other considerations, they aren't really interesting in truth, just maximizing profits.
Similar deal with "public" broadcasting where they are hanging on by their fingernails because of Neoliberal/Reactionary funding cuts.
Those places have turned into just another source of corporate ads (even if they call those sponsorships/underwriting/whatever) and corporate propaganda.
Actual criticism of a gov't which might, on a whim, further cut their funding is not to be expected either.
The only broadcast model from which you should expect veracity is listener-funded/viewer-funded.
Americans [...] have better things to do
...like consume "reality" TeeVee.
major publication
If USAians would invest a tiny bit of effort into locating one or more New Media outlets which aren't concentrating their efforts on making profits to pay for incredibly expensive office space and fancy furnishings and such, those USAians could quite easily find a bunch whose mission is veracity.
Websites which monitor Lamestream Media and use multiple outlets as sources and CRITIQUE them when they go off the rails do supply a useful service and should be sought out.
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]