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The Attack on Science

A GroundUp series on the right to be informed

Despite the progress science has made in understanding our world and improving standards of living, antiscience is on the rise.

We are bombarded with more information than ever in history. It is becoming extremely hard to separate fact from nonsense. GroundUp has developed an 11-part series called The Right to be Informed.

Today we publish the ninth and tenth articles in the series. We look at the attack on science, which escalated during Covid and has reached new heights under the Trump Administration. We also look at a principle GroundUp tries to use when we publish.

The last article in the series will be published on Tuesday.

Here are the articles in the series:

  1. Why we need a right to be informed (published 19 May)
  2. How the world has changed (published 19 May)
  3. Platforms versus publishers (published 19 May)
  4. What we can achieve with a right to be informed (published 21 May)
  5. How dangerous are the new technologies? (published 21 May)
  6. Omitting to publish (published 27 May)
  7. How the news industry has changed (published 27 May)
  8. Freedom of expression and the right to be informed (published 27 May)
  9. NEW: The attack on science (published 29 May)
  10. NEW: Principle of best current evidence (published 29 May)
  11. Coming on Monday 2 June: The global struggle for freedom, rights and science

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