Can you find the misprint? Click to enlarge. Hint: It’s one of those subliminal hate things. Copied from the Reuters “home” tab, at 1:20 a.m. E.S.T., 5/21/2015.

Sloppy CNN: Scientists find new clue in what led to megalodon’s demise. Quoting, Through an analysis of fossilized megalodon teeth, scientists have discovered the extinct shark was partially warm-blooded, with a body temperature around 7 degrees Celsius (44 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than estimated seawater temperatures at the time, according to a study published last week in … Continue reading Sloppy CNN: Scientists find new clue in what led to megalodon’s demise →

CNN’s “Kim Jong Un ‘ordered’ half brother’s killing, South Korean intelligence says” offers a shiny graphic about nerve agent VX, with gratuitously wrong-by-omission answers to these questions: How can VX get into a human body? (water, food, sprayed) The symptoms (blah, blah,blah.) A  more accurate description is provided by CDC’s Facts About VX. Of these … Continue reading CNN: Sloppy Reporting on VX →

Intel9 is by itself incapable of focusing public interest. So from inception  it has often keyed off CNN, who are usually first, and keep their links in good order. As I studied the media world, I became aware that Zucker’s influence on the CNN voice  rivals, in many ways, the media moguls of legend. This … Continue reading CNN & Jeff Zucker →

Matthew Herper’s article in Forbes, “Ebola, Ethics, And The New Normal Of Scary Germs” is good journalism.  It’s centered around an article by Borio and Cox, in the New England Journal of Medicine,  “…arguing that despite the hopes of some public health experts, both vaccines and drugs will need to be tested against control groups that … Continue reading Ebola Vaccines, Medical Ethics, and Manslaughter →