Rightwing Hack: "Public Access=Censorship"

From Andrew Leonard of salon.com:

...a group of scientific publishers...have hired a notorious public relations gunslinger to fight back against those kooks who think scientific information should be freely accessible to all.

Among those kooks, by the way, is the United States government, in the form of the National Institutes of Health, which is under the odd impression that publicly funded research should be publicly accessible.

We know the $500K these guys are paying Mr. Dezenhall, our "PR gunslinger", is money well spent, because Mr. Dezenhall helpfully submitted this catchy slogan:

Public access equals government censorship

 

Yes, that was as stupid as it sounded. I wonder where he got his inspiration from? Oh yeah:

Dezenhall also recommended joing forces... [with]... the Competitive Enterprise Institute

The CEI, as you may remember, were the ones behind the much-mocked "CO2... We Call It Life" campaign, designed to remind us that, just as too much radiation can cure cancer better than merely enough doses of it*, all those melted glaciers could have an upside for your health.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

*side effects include upset stomach, blurred vision, inability to find your iPod, and generally being dead.