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Op-Ed Criticizes JAMA For "Political Science"
Date: 21 Jan 1999
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Abstract
In an op-ed for the WALL STREET JOURNAL, Michael Fumento, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, criticizes the JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (JAMA) for interjecting the journal into political debates and bringing "new meaning to the term 'political science.'" Fumento notes that one "recent politically tainted JAMA report include[s] a retrospective study connecting smoking with hearing loss. This may seem plausible, until we note that the study bizarrely showed a stronger connection with exposure to secondhand smoke."
Source: Michael Fumento, "Medical Journals Give New Meaning To 'Political Science'," WALL STREET JOURNAL, January 21, 1999, p. A18.