Bill, many thanks for confirming that your comments are not based on any evidence!
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On 20 Mar 2011, at 15:27, "Bill O'Neill" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> apologies, only just picked up on this...
>
> my reference to beddington (chosen only because he was the source in the original contribution) was made in the context
> of what i was proposing re: messenger/message - that his comments should be assessed, in my view, in the context of who
> he is, who his paymasters/advisers are, his audience and so on...i was not judging his honesty or knowledge, nor that of
> his paymasters/advisers (how could i?) but, if you like, i was taking vested interests into account...equally, being
> chief scientist doesn't make him the pope (infallible), or not in my view...
>
> i might add that i did find it slightly irksome that beddington's comments, which matched what the original contributor
> wanted to hear, were held up as exemplary while those of others, which didn't, were dismissed as hysteria, but that's
> another issue...
>
> journalists (and scientists) are making such assessments every day...gauging one piece of evidence against another,
> establishing extremes, then honing in on the truth (with any luck)...it's a long, tricky process, especially as
> political, economic and social forces conspire to try to get their own way...and deadlines don't help...
>
> to suggest that my comment on beddington amounts to a "slur" is daft - and a typically extravagant response from a
> lobbyist with one agenda, and with one worldview...
>
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> Wasn't the suggestion preceded by the words 'I assumed'? In other words, just a personal opinion albeit not complimentary.
>
> Carolyn
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> On 18 Mar 2011, at 10:50, Francis Sedgemore wrote:
>
>> Questioning whether Beddington is giving his own, honest opinion, or that of the state he serves, is perfectly
> legitimate. The evidence in my view points firmly to the former. We should be focusing on the content of the discussion,
> and provocative interventions can help to do just that.
>>
>> Francis
>>
>> On 18/03/2011 10:39, Robert Ward wrote:
>>>
>>> I think the suggestion that the CSA's comments were the result of having
>>> been "leant on" is a pretty offensive personal smear, particularly as it
>>> is not supported by any evidence whatsoever. Perhaps the psci-com list
>>> owner could take a views on whether the message is in breach of the
>>> list's rules?
>>>
>>> Bob Ward
>>
>> --
>> Dr Francis Sedgemore
>> journalist and science writer
>> www.sedgemore.com
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