Science Should Stick To Science

摘要

The news of the week story "scientists plant grass-roots effort for Obama in final days of contest" by E. Kintisch (31 October 2008, p. 658) would have been fine in a newspaper, where we expect to find campaign articles. It was surprising and unwise in a magazine that reports on science. Science did attempt to represent both candidates. Kintisch states that little or no grass-roots scientist effort for McCain was found. An objective piece about the observed differences in the parties' degree of support among scientists would have been more appropriate than the partisan tone of the piece as written.