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Zorro

(17,262 posts)
Fri Apr 25, 2025, 04:10 PM 7 hrs ago

'Vaguely Threatening': Federal Prosecutor Queries Leading Medical Journal

The New England Journal of Medicine received a letter suggesting that it was biased and compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter.

A federal prosecutor in Washington has contacted The New England Journal of Medicine, considered the world’s most prestigious medical journal, with questions that suggested without evidence that it was biased against certain views and influenced by external pressures.

Dr. Eric Rubin, the editor in chief of N.E.J.M., described the letter as “vaguely threatening” in an interview with The New York Times.

At least three other journals have received similar letters from Edward Martin Jr., a Republican activist serving as interim U.S. attorney in Washington. Mr. Martin has been criticized for using his office to target opponents of the administration.

His letters accused the publications of being “partisans in various scientific debates” and asked a series of accusatory questions about bias and the selection of research articles.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/health/nejm-prosecutor-letter.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CU8.nmAe.wc2lxwZ2cTk6&smid=url-share
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'Vaguely Threatening': Federal Prosecutor Queries Leading Medical Journal (Original Post) Zorro 7 hrs ago OP
The war on science continues as GOP death panels bronxiteforever 7 hrs ago #1
The New England Journal of Medicine is among the most prestigious peer-reviewed medical journals in the world. Irish_Dem 7 hrs ago #2
Ed Martin is the same guy who forgot he was featured on Russian TV over 150 times Zorro 6 hrs ago #3
A Russian agent destroying US science and healthcare. Irish_Dem 6 hrs ago #4

bronxiteforever

(10,360 posts)
1. The war on science continues as GOP death panels
Fri Apr 25, 2025, 04:19 PM
7 hrs ago

gear up to kill Americans. The media needs to start uncovering the science grades of these people because I bet their grades are shit.

Irish_Dem

(68,614 posts)
2. The New England Journal of Medicine is among the most prestigious peer-reviewed medical journals in the world.
Fri Apr 25, 2025, 04:31 PM
7 hrs ago

It is a weekly medical journal published by the Massachusetts Medical Society, founded in 1812.

To call it biased and unprofessional is outrageous.

Zorro

(17,262 posts)
3. Ed Martin is the same guy who forgot he was featured on Russian TV over 150 times
Fri Apr 25, 2025, 04:37 PM
6 hrs ago

and failed to disclose that information to Congress.

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