{"id":2052,"asset_id":2364,"title":"Scientific American Ignored Years of Editor Laura Helmuth\u2019s Appalling Conduct, Then Scalped Her After I Circulated Her Own Tweets","alias":"scientific-american-ignored-years-of-editor-laura-helmuth-s-appalling-conduct-then-scalped-her-after-i-circulated-her-own-tweets","introtext":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/eotrx.substackcdn.com\/open?token=eyJtIjoiPDIwMjQxMTE4MTMzNDIzLjMuOTJhM2UwYzA3YTA4MjdjOUBtZzIuc3Vic3RhY2suY29tPiIsInUiOjQ3MDIxNjg4LCJyIjoiamhicmFrZUBjb21jYXN0Lm5ldCIsImQiOiJtZzIuc3Vic3RhY2suY29tIiwicCI6MTUxODE5ODY4LCJ0IjoicmVzdGFjayIsImEiOiJldmVyeW9uZSIsInMiOjU4MzIwMCwiYyI6InBvc3QiLCJmIjp0cnVlLCJwb3NpdGlvbiI6InRvcCIsImlhdCI6MTczMTkzNzA1NCwiZXhwIjoxNzM0NTI5MDU0LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMCIsInN1YiI6ImVvIn0.v1lTFgxc4CeaVYFgh18SaPxA2Riu5nAMEFzENrW2Qlk\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><img src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_36,c_scale,f_png,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack.com%2Ficon%2FLucideArrowLeftRight%3Fv%3D4%26height%3D36%26fill%3D%2523808080%26stroke%3D%2523808080%26strokeWidth%3D3.6\" alt=\"\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" \/><\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/4c967b8d-a167-4fcd-a4f8-34b3ab05e5a2?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">Who is Robert Malone<\/a> cross-posted a post from <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/738ba345-11f9-4984-bc25-f3ded9a8b3d7?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">The DisInformation Chronicle<\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/profile\/49176289-robert-w-malone-md-ms\"><img src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_80,h_80,c_fill,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0eb501a5-9fd2-4174-9231-6d6a73139db9_400x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p>Robert W Malone MD, MSNov 18 \u00b7 Who is Robert Malone<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<p>I strongly recommend reading this account from journalist Paul Thacker.<br \/><br \/>There is both need for and an appetite for real investigative journalism to document and disclose the widespread editorial bias which has become the norm within both peer-reviewed and lay-oriented science publications.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/app-link\/post?publication_id=264299&amp;post_id=151811561&amp;utm_source=cross-post&amp;utm_campaign=583200&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=rzu60&amp;token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NzAyMTY4OCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTUxODExNTYxLCJpYXQiOjE3MzE5MzcwNTIsImV4cCI6MTczNDUyOTA1MiwiaXNzIjoicHViLTI2NDI5OSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.e_4aP3aIZ5oCtiRMmRl9vrGWXQSN-geaNHCry9tvmSw\">Scientific American Ignored Years of Editor Laura Helmuth\u2019s Appalling Conduct, Then Scalped Her After I Circulated Her Own Tweets<\/a><\/h1>\r\n<h3>Support for Helmuth\u2019s hatred and bigotry further exposes science writers\u2019 political bias, meager reporting skills, and distaste for the American public.<\/h3>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:&lt;a href=\">\/\/substack.com\/@disinformationchronicle<\/a>\"&gt;Paul D. Thacker<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<p>Nov 18<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:&lt;a href=\">\/\/substack.com\/@disinformationchronicle<\/a>\"&gt;<img src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F49e1783a-1a7c-4d11-8fc1-ff97486c1914_1160x1186.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><a 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\/><\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<h5>9 minute read<\/h5>\r\n<table data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOMStatic\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/58cd5da9-171a-4021-8851-fef08c915309?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\"><img src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_2236,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa800fcd0-73bc-41f1-b2ae-12749374b03f_1118x672.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"330.5903398926655\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;&lt;a href=\" substack-post-media=\"\" a800fcd0-73bc-41f1-b2ae-12749374b03f_1118x672=\"\" \/>https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/a800fcd0-73bc-41f1-b2ae-12749374b03f_1118x672.png\"<\/a>,\"srcNoWatermark\":null,\"fullscreen\":null,\"imageSize\":null,\"height\":672,\"width\":1118,\"resizeWidth\":null,\"bytes\":1393309,\"alt\":null,\"title\":null,\"type\":\"image\/png\",\"href\":null,\"belowTheFold\":false,\"topImage\":true,\"internalRedirect\":null,\"isProcessing\":false}\" \/&gt;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>Little did I realize that a post I threw up on X would cause Scientific American to shove editor Laura Helmut out the door for hateful post-election comments, action now ricocheting across social media and multiple news outlets. \u201cI've decided to leave Scientific American after an exciting 4.5 years as editor in chief,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/fd11a02c-ade4-469d-9fcd-da15a97c3b61?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">Helmuth posted on Bluesky<\/a>, the social media club for liberals. \u201cI'm going to take some time to think about what comes next (and go birdwatching).\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>Pretty much every news account misreports the events that led to Helmuth\u2019s departure, alleging Helmuth\u2019s scalping for appalling behavior\u2014she called members of Gen X \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/27588cb7-fc04-4ca2-ab20-e6fd75447a90?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">fucking fascists<\/a>\u201d\u2014is a political win for \u201cconservatives\u201d or \u201cTrump supporters.\u201d These stories at the <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/0d8ba7fd-6187-41cd-b84a-13df9c1cf61e?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">New York Times<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/098cfff8-fa7e-4bea-bbbf-e8d0671d3177?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">Guardian<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/c445f7b7-e27e-4ee1-94fb-165f5a3625a7?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">NPR<\/a> serve as the latest examples of how lost and divorced from reality too many journalists remain from the American public and anything that approximates actual journalism.<\/p>\r\n<p>For God\u2019s sake, Helmuth castigated the country\u2014\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/27588cb7-fc04-4ca2-ab20-e6fd75447a90?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">fuck them to the moon and back<\/a>\u201d\u2014for going to the polls and voting, but for someone she doesn\u2019t like: Trump.<\/p>\r\n<p>Helmuth\u2019s demise was a long time coming. Here\u2019s what really happened.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.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.JaFih7fkIt96P4IjBHrqeYMZF3YegCVg-OMfE_KzxCU?&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=subscribe-widget&amp;utm_content=151811561\">Upgrade to paid<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Every week or so I check in on the inmates who have fled X to lock themselves inside the padded ideological cell called Bluesky. I\u2019m not sure why I peek in on the Bluesky carnival, but I\u2019m sure it\u2019s the same sickness that causes me to delve too deeply into people\u2019s personal lives at dinner parties, rubberneck at freeway accidents, and spend numerous hours digging through documents to find some tiny nugget exposing medical malfeasance.<\/p>\r\n<p>I\u2019m not apologizing. Investigative journalism attracts people with this weirdness.<\/p>\r\n<p>Tripping across Laura Helmuth\u2019s Bluesky account, I found her in a bigoted political rant, one of many that I\u2019ve caught her in over the years. Instead of ignoring her tirade, for some reason I screenshotted several of her more hateful posts, and threw them on X. I then passed my post along to several reporters who also find her conduct dogmatic and distasteful.<\/p>\r\n<p>As you can see, my post got a bit of play with over 400K views.<\/p>\r\n","fulltext":"\r\n<table data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOMStatic\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/b036e385-a63b-461d-b826-a147c5716229?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\"><img src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_480,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30dfafdd-f6a5-497b-b3cd-1cf01117ad57_648x812.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"601.4814814814815\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;&lt;a href=\" substack-post-media=\"\" 30dfafdd-f6a5-497b-b3cd-1cf01117ad57_648x812=\"\" \/>https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/30dfafdd-f6a5-497b-b3cd-1cf01117ad57_648x812.png\"<\/a>,\"srcNoWatermark\":null,\"fullscreen\":null,\"imageSize\":null,\"height\":812,\"width\":648,\"resizeWidth\":480,\"bytes\":254134,\"alt\":null,\"title\":null,\"type\":\"image\/png\",\"href\":null,\"belowTheFold\":true,\"topImage\":false,\"internalRedirect\":null,\"isProcessing\":false}\" \/&gt;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>A journalist friend sent me a post by Kevin Bass the next day. Bass had copied the Helmuth tweets I had posted and then pasted them into his own post on X. This got almost 2 million views.<\/p>\r\n<table data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOMStatic\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/06994308-f2e7-4d31-91cf-30bc6f07c297?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\"><img src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_474,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F116ce14b-831a-4018-aa17-8d66fe75012f_894x860.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"455.9731543624161\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;&lt;a href=\" substack-post-media=\"\" 116ce14b-831a-4018-aa17-8d66fe75012f_894x860=\"\" \/>https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/116ce14b-831a-4018-aa17-8d66fe75012f_894x860.png\"<\/a>,\"srcNoWatermark\":null,\"fullscreen\":null,\"imageSize\":null,\"height\":860,\"width\":894,\"resizeWidth\":474,\"bytes\":261324,\"alt\":null,\"title\":null,\"type\":\"image\/png\",\"href\":null,\"belowTheFold\":true,\"topImage\":false,\"internalRedirect\":null,\"isProcessing\":false}\" \/&gt;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>That same day, I noticed that former Scientific American columnist Michael Shermer had also copied the Helmuth Bluesky tweets and was sending them around to his followers, garnering another 400K views. So within 24 hours, around 3 million people had seen Helmuth\u2019s odious tweets that I had dug up on Bluesky.<\/p>\r\n<table data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOMStatic\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/d393a7c5-18ef-4095-809c-f1c00b7f51ba?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\"><img src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_498,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F261703c3-906b-4fbe-b4af-41a48fd6d612_1146x976.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"424.1256544502618\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;&lt;a href=\" substack-post-media=\"\" 261703c3-906b-4fbe-b4af-41a48fd6d612_1146x976=\"\" \/>https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/261703c3-906b-4fbe-b4af-41a48fd6d612_1146x976.png\"<\/a>,\"srcNoWatermark\":null,\"fullscreen\":null,\"imageSize\":null,\"height\":976,\"width\":1146,\"resizeWidth\":498,\"bytes\":734317,\"alt\":null,\"title\":null,\"type\":\"image\/png\",\"href\":null,\"belowTheFold\":true,\"topImage\":false,\"internalRedirect\":null,\"isProcessing\":false}\" \/&gt;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>I don\u2019t know how Helmuth\u2019s tweets caught the attention of executives at Scientific American. However, I guess that several people at the magazine saw Shermer\u2019s post, as he wrote for Scientific American for almost two decades, until he was forced out over the magazine\u2019s hard tilt to the political left under Helmuth.<\/p>\r\n<p>Regardless, a reporter later texted me that Helmuth had posted an apology and that Scientific American should fire her but they probably wouldn\u2019t do anything. I grabbed Helmuth\u2019s apology and then posted it also on X.<\/p>\r\n<table data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOMStatic\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/999e42a1-15a6-43bb-881a-e1fba48b32be?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\"><img src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_436,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F398e17d6-0aba-4fbe-b905-a98bba8f8b57_584x1106.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"436\" height=\"825.7123287671233\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;&lt;a href=\" substack-post-media=\"\" 398e17d6-0aba-4fbe-b905-a98bba8f8b57_584x1106=\"\" \/>https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/398e17d6-0aba-4fbe-b905-a98bba8f8b57_584x1106.png\"<\/a>,\"srcNoWatermark\":null,\"fullscreen\":null,\"imageSize\":null,\"height\":1106,\"width\":584,\"resizeWidth\":436,\"bytes\":434470,\"alt\":null,\"title\":null,\"type\":\"image\/png\",\"href\":null,\"belowTheFold\":true,\"topImage\":false,\"internalRedirect\":null,\"isProcessing\":false}\" \/&gt;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>Again, Helmuth has a long history of prejudice and partisanship, but I figured that would be the end of it. But while flying back from a journalism meeting on Thursday night, I got a call that Helmuth had resigned her position at Scientific American. Kimberly Lau, president of Scientific American, confirmed Helmuth's resignation <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/c445f7b7-e27e-4ee1-94fb-165f5a3625a7?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">in an email to NPR<\/a>:<\/p>\r\n<p>Laura Helmuth has decided to move on from her position as editor in chief. We thank Laura for her four years leading Scientific American, during which time the magazine won major science communication awards and established a reimagined digital newsroom. We wish her well in the future.<\/p>\r\n<p>Helmuth\u2019s ousting is shocking only because her hatred toward Republican voters\u2014Hello! That\u2019s around half the country\u2014and people who don\u2019t share her personal political views on science have long been known. Former Scientific American columnist Michael Shermer detailed back in 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/fca393a0-7206-4794-abc8-7476523957ad?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">how Helmuth was destroying<\/a> the magazine\u2019s focus on science in favor of politics. One example he pointed to was a ridiculous article that argued math is racist and sexist: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/7d69e49d-d2c9-4119-ad43-765b7e565609?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">Modern Mathematics Confronts it\u2019s White Patriarchal Past<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>I actually laughed out loud at one passage in Helmuth\u2019s apology: \u201cI respect and value people across the political spectrum.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>This is a total lie. Several scientists and research physicians have caught Helmuth in ideological bluster during her time running Scientific American, and I\u2019ve written numerous times about Helmuth\u2019s naked politics. For example, I noted <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/41c266c1-a0d3-475d-8104-7d61a562ce43?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">in an investigation for The BMJ<\/a> that Helmuth harangued a senior health official for going on CNN and stating that the pandemic could have started in a lab.<\/p>\r\n<p>In Helmuth world, that was a \u201cconspiracy theory\u201d:<\/p>\r\n<p>The growing tendency to treat the lab leak scenario as worthy of serious investigation has put some reporters on the defensive. After Robert Redfield, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, appeared on CNN in March, Scientific American\u2019s editor in chief, Laura Helmuth, tweeted, \u201cOn CNN, former CDC director Robert Redfield shared the conspiracy theory that the virus came from the Wuhan lab.\u201d The following day, Scientific American ran an essay calling the lab leak theory \u201cevidence free.\u201d And a week later a Nature reporter, Amy Maxmen, labelled the idea that the virus could have leaked from a lab as \u201cconjecture.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>Helmuth did not respond to questions from The BMJ.<\/p>\r\n<p>Shortly after she began running the magazine, Helmuth published a silly, baffling piece by several unknown academics <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/c3e4fe7a-3c25-434d-8718-25eacbd90d63?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">chastising the movie Star Wars<\/a> and the TV series Star Trek claiming, \u201cStudies suggest that the presence of Star Wars and Star Trek memorabilia (such as posters) in computer science classrooms can reinforce masculinist stereotypes about computer science\u2014contributing to women\u2019s sense that they don\u2019t belong in that field.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>I have zero clues to explain why Helmuth published this tomfoolery, nor what is has to do with science. I only ran across the piece because Financial Times columnist Jemima Kelly poked fun at it for being \u201cnext level\u201d word salad.<\/p>\r\n<table data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOMStatic\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/e7202bec-878b-42af-820c-5a307029c89d?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\"><img src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_506,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F28b0cf4e-b57e-4f39-8c09-cc18a28175ac_778x798.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"506\" height=\"519.0077120822622\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;&lt;a href=\" substack-post-media=\"\" 28b0cf4e-b57e-4f39-8c09-cc18a28175ac_778x798=\"\" \/>https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/28b0cf4e-b57e-4f39-8c09-cc18a28175ac_778x798.png\"<\/a>,\"srcNoWatermark\":null,\"fullscreen\":null,\"imageSize\":null,\"height\":798,\"width\":778,\"resizeWidth\":506,\"bytes\":268973,\"alt\":null,\"title\":null,\"type\":\"image\/png\",\"href\":null,\"belowTheFold\":true,\"topImage\":false,\"internalRedirect\":null,\"isProcessing\":false}\" \/&gt;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>Helmuth published a ludicrous hit piece on E.O. Wilson shortly after in late 2021. \u201cScientific American has hit rock bottom with this new op-ed,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/b7e0b9c6-e224-462b-939e-5a4014c1a126?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">wrote Chicago University emeritus<\/a> professor of ecology and evolution&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/1d089566-7231-4c1c-a674-dd2a46478364?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">Jerry Coyne<\/a>, \u201cthat is nothing more than a hit piece on Ed Wilson, basically calling him a racist.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>Complaints about articles Helmuth published are numerous, but <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/52016bb6-bfbe-4cf6-aee5-5f0f8aec7181?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">here\u2019s another example<\/a> from this year by clinical epidemiologist Thomas Jefferson and Oxford professor Carl Heneghan:&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>When we were in medical school, Scientific American was seen as a reliable source of colourful summaries to use to bone up for exams.&nbsp; It is the oldest magazine in America dealing with science. In print since 1845, it was known for articles by world-leading scientists.&nbsp; But not anymore - It\u2019s \u201cEssays Are Rife With Fraud and Citation Sorcery,\u201d reports Paul Thacker.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>A few months after the Jefferson and Heneghan complaint, reporter Jennifer Block wrote an investigation in <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/fda10c26-1f7d-444f-b00a-d9d4969a334b?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">The BMJ that caught Helmuth<\/a> publishing unscientific views and tweets on transgender care for children:<\/p>\r\n<p>The magazine\u2019s editor in chief, Laura Helmuth, has promoted these pieces on Twitter\/X with declarations like, \u201cThe research is clear, and all the relevant medical organisations agree\u201d; policies that restrict treatments are \u201cdangerous, cruel, bigoted, and contrary to all the best scientific and medical evidence.\u201d She\u2019s also disparaged inquiries on the subject. In a February 2023 tweet, Helmuth included gender affirming care among a list of \u201cthings we don\u2019t need to be both-sidesing, be \u2018objective,\u2019 or be \u2018just asking questions!\u2019 about.\u201d Neither Helmuth nor the magazine\u2019s publisher, Nature Springer, responded to a detailed email referencing the articles and more than 15 tweets.<\/p>\r\n<p>After reading The BMJ piece, I dug around and found <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/1acd0f56-6222-4ccf-b7bb-b2c497b0ebc0?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">one of these Helmuth tweets<\/a> where she compared concerns with placing children on puberty blockers to unfounded fears over comic books and rap music.<\/p>\r\n<table data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOMStatic\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/3d0eef4e-b2ba-46dc-9b27-791ad642d5da?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\"><img src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_486,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbb4417a5-31bb-4065-b910-72a096503046_1160x1032.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"486\" height=\"432.3724137931035\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;&lt;a href=\" substack-post-media=\"\" bb4417a5-31bb-4065-b910-72a096503046_1160x1032=\"\" \/>https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/bb4417a5-31bb-4065-b910-72a096503046_1160x1032.png\"<\/a>,\"srcNoWatermark\":null,\"fullscreen\":null,\"imageSize\":null,\"height\":1032,\"width\":1160,\"resizeWidth\":486,\"bytes\":1408023,\"alt\":null,\"title\":null,\"type\":\"image\/png\",\"href\":null,\"belowTheFold\":true,\"topImage\":false,\"internalRedirect\":null,\"isProcessing\":false}\" \/&gt;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>Does this seem normal? However, the BMJ spotlight did nothing to slow Helmuth from spitting out nonsense.<\/p>\r\n<p>In the last year, both <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/0e727911-470a-465d-b8c1-4a00dfc85b0b?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">NIH\u2019s Francis Collins and Tony Fauci have testified<\/a> under oath that there was never any evidence for the government\u2019s six feet social distancing policy. Fauci testified that the six feet rule was not based on science and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/e833c63a-0dc1-4e1b-bc9d-e9f77c0d3d3b?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">it sort of just appeared<\/a>\u201d, while &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/cf08e2a1-51d3-4afa-b8bc-1d3a578a2d09?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">Collins testified<\/a>&nbsp;that he was not aware of any evidence supporting social distancing.<\/p>\r\n<p>Helmuth ignored this and <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/0e727911-470a-465d-b8c1-4a00dfc85b0b?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">started another political rant<\/a> in Scientific American and on social media to promote six feet social distancing, not because she had any science to refute Collins\u2019 and Fauci\u2019s sworn testimonies, but because political rants define Laura Helmuth.<\/p>\r\n<table data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOMStatic\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/71cfac1c-24dc-4e75-bf05-75ff0ab7d149?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\"><img src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_516,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5c13ac00-23f3-4464-aa9c-26849861efcb_1040x1238.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"516\" height=\"614.2384615384616\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;&lt;a href=\" substack-post-media=\"\" 5c13ac00-23f3-4464-aa9c-26849861efcb_1040x1238=\"\" \/>https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/5c13ac00-23f3-4464-aa9c-26849861efcb_1040x1238.png\"<\/a>,\"srcNoWatermark\":null,\"fullscreen\":null,\"imageSize\":null,\"height\":1238,\"width\":1040,\"resizeWidth\":516,\"bytes\":1395921,\"alt\":null,\"title\":null,\"type\":\"image\/png\",\"href\":null,\"belowTheFold\":true,\"topImage\":false,\"internalRedirect\":null,\"isProcessing\":false}\" \/&gt;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>Helmuth\u2019s tenure at Scientific American coincided with a steep fall in media trust, now at an historic low. Media is now <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/bb16dd28-773d-48ac-94f0-5bea2d304db6?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">the least-trusted institution surveyed by Gallup<\/a>, with more Americans saying they have a great deal or fair amount of trust in Congress, the Supreme Court, local and state governments, and the executive branch than in journalism.<\/p>\r\n<table data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOMStatic\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/292596f9-e87d-4dd2-866a-d2f6a6c54861?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\"><img src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_546,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F402a519e-61a5-4993-9266-4052960d91e0_818x582.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"546\" height=\"388.47432762836183\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;&lt;a href=\" substack-post-media=\"\" 402a519e-61a5-4993-9266-4052960d91e0_818x582=\"\" \/>https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/402a519e-61a5-4993-9266-4052960d91e0_818x582.png\"<\/a>,\"srcNoWatermark\":null,\"fullscreen\":null,\"imageSize\":null,\"height\":582,\"width\":818,\"resizeWidth\":546,\"bytes\":81782,\"alt\":null,\"title\":null,\"type\":\"image\/png\",\"href\":null,\"belowTheFold\":true,\"topImage\":false,\"internalRedirect\":null,\"isProcessing\":false}\" \/&gt;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>Dismal trust in journalism and Helmuth\u2019s public flogging for bigoted comments should have set science writers back on their heels, causing them to pause, scratch their heads, and reconsider how they conduct themselves in public. But no.<\/p>\r\n<p>Science writers have little concern for the public, because they see their job as promoting The Science\u2122, the institutions that fund research, and academic scientists with political views that align with their own\u2014meaning the Democratic Party.<\/p>\r\n<p>Helmuth tweets on Bluesky have long served as a political water cooler for members of the scicomm community and when she announced that she was leaving Scientific American, several prominent voices in the science writers rushed to praise Helmuth, not condemn her for awful behavior and her grim tenure as editor-in-chief.<\/p>\r\n<p>It\u2019s important for science writers that no lessons be learned.<\/p>\r\n<p>Adam Rogers is <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/9a885186-a511-4c36-9347-09f725a4f8da?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">a senior tech correspondent at Business Insider<\/a>, covering science and technology.<\/p>\r\n<table data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOMStatic\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/c00caa79-b809-4855-8c33-14ba169e349c?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\"><img src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1192,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7dcd7e1-42da-4ffb-a866-33604bf1b959_1140x508.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"245.08771929824562\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;&lt;a href=\" substack-post-media=\"\" e7dcd7e1-42da-4ffb-a866-33604bf1b959_1140x508=\"\" \/>https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/e7dcd7e1-42da-4ffb-a866-33604bf1b959_1140x508.png\"<\/a>,\"srcNoWatermark\":null,\"fullscreen\":null,\"imageSize\":null,\"height\":508,\"width\":1140,\"resizeWidth\":596,\"bytes\":301007,\"alt\":null,\"title\":null,\"type\":\"image\/png\",\"href\":null,\"belowTheFold\":true,\"topImage\":false,\"internalRedirect\":null,\"isProcessing\":false}\" \/&gt;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>Maryn McKenna is a <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/d70b41b9-8fb5-4d33-940f-1e6bf3be163b?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">contributing editor at Scientific American<\/a> who teaches science writing at Emory University.<\/p>\r\n<table data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOMStatic\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/53fb3ae1-94f8-4225-8c24-1a65a8abcad5?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\"><img src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1112,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Feabefb08-656b-4cc3-8782-0435620bbc8a_1136x548.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"265.3169014084507\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;&lt;a href=\" substack-post-media=\"\" eabefb08-656b-4cc3-8782-0435620bbc8a_1136x548=\"\" \/>https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/eabefb08-656b-4cc3-8782-0435620bbc8a_1136x548.png\"<\/a>,\"srcNoWatermark\":null,\"fullscreen\":null,\"imageSize\":null,\"height\":548,\"width\":1136,\"resizeWidth\":556,\"bytes\":326473,\"alt\":null,\"title\":null,\"type\":\"image\/png\",\"href\":null,\"belowTheFold\":true,\"topImage\":false,\"internalRedirect\":null,\"isProcessing\":false}\" \/&gt;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>Tanya Lewis and Clara Moskowitz both work at Scientific American and reported to Laura Helmuth, before she was shoved out the door last week.<\/p>\r\n<table data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOMStatic\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/d1287cb8-0ddb-43f6-8496-82211f35145b?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\"><img src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_2356,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8e9ffd27-a002-49f4-8f53-58593eae76f7_1178x286.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"133.5314091680815\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;&lt;a href=\" substack-post-media=\"\" 8e9ffd27-a002-49f4-8f53-58593eae76f7_1178x286=\"\" \/>https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/8e9ffd27-a002-49f4-8f53-58593eae76f7_1178x286.png\"<\/a>,\"srcNoWatermark\":null,\"fullscreen\":null,\"imageSize\":null,\"height\":286,\"width\":1178,\"resizeWidth\":null,\"bytes\":222709,\"alt\":null,\"title\":null,\"type\":\"image\/png\",\"href\":null,\"belowTheFold\":true,\"topImage\":false,\"internalRedirect\":null,\"isProcessing\":false}\" \/&gt;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>Maggie Fox is health and science writer and formerly at CNN. Two years back, I reported how <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/5d18b286-f9a2-4e4b-82f4-e7101e674b89?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">Maggie Fox broke the news at CNN<\/a> that Pfizer\u2019s COVID vaccine was 95% effective, a story she wrote by copy\/pasting Pfizer\u2019s press release into her CNN story.<\/p>\r\n<table data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOMStatic\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/b8895136-6e27-4cea-b298-e7051f7b31f7?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\"><img src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_532,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdbbb50b-d6c0-4441-97ad-595b53fd949a_1124x506.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"532\" height=\"239.49466192170817\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;&lt;a href=\" substack-post-media=\"\" cdbbb50b-d6c0-4441-97ad-595b53fd949a_1124x506=\"\" \/>https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/cdbbb50b-d6c0-4441-97ad-595b53fd949a_1124x506.png\"<\/a>,\"srcNoWatermark\":null,\"fullscreen\":null,\"imageSize\":null,\"height\":506,\"width\":1124,\"resizeWidth\":532,\"bytes\":293607,\"alt\":null,\"title\":null,\"type\":\"image\/png\",\"href\":null,\"belowTheFold\":true,\"topImage\":false,\"internalRedirect\":null,\"isProcessing\":false}\" \/&gt;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>Dan Fagan <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/2826a36b-554c-4079-87d2-c70b27168c47?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">teaches science writing at NYU<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/bfb262c1-b199-4dd6-90a8-6ba07be9d1d0?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">Deborah Blum<\/a> is the Director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT. Like Helmuth, Blum is a former president of the National Association of Science Writers.<\/p>\r\n<table data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOMStatic\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/bf3d005d-e150-446e-bbaf-728bed4b90e6?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\"><img src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_2360,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F05701107-0f5b-42ee-b778-880a08563545_1180x304.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"141.6949152542373\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;&lt;a href=\" substack-post-media=\"\" 05701107-0f5b-42ee-b778-880a08563545_1180x304=\"\" \/>https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/05701107-0f5b-42ee-b778-880a08563545_1180x304.png\"<\/a>,\"srcNoWatermark\":null,\"fullscreen\":null,\"imageSize\":null,\"height\":304,\"width\":1180,\"resizeWidth\":null,\"bytes\":262086,\"alt\":null,\"title\":null,\"type\":\"image\/png\",\"href\":null,\"belowTheFold\":true,\"topImage\":false,\"internalRedirect\":null,\"isProcessing\":false}\" \/&gt;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/e8fbe6a1-8ee0-4d23-904b-03b87c861194?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">her bio on X<\/a>, Amy Cooter is a sociologist and expert in contemporary US militias. If you have any clue why Helmuth had this type of person write an article on citizen militias for a science magazine, please explain in the comments.<\/p>\r\n<table data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOMStatic\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/50180c17-2534-42be-8495-99fe552f277a?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\"><img src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_442,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcebf9b50-9175-4f95-97ff-3cab19cabe22_654x762.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"514.9908256880734\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;&lt;a href=\" substack-post-media=\"\" cebf9b50-9175-4f95-97ff-3cab19cabe22_654x762=\"\" \/>https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/cebf9b50-9175-4f95-97ff-3cab19cabe22_654x762.png\"<\/a>,\"srcNoWatermark\":null,\"fullscreen\":null,\"imageSize\":null,\"height\":762,\"width\":654,\"resizeWidth\":442,\"bytes\":551643,\"alt\":null,\"title\":null,\"type\":\"image\/png\",\"href\":null,\"belowTheFold\":true,\"topImage\":false,\"internalRedirect\":null,\"isProcessing\":false}\" \/&gt;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>Lila Guterman and Jake Yeston both work at Science Magazine and are c<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/c907091e-7991-4d66-b7be-e5d3c5d3aa1a?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">olleagues of Jon \u201cCrooked Cohen\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<table data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOMStatic\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/bdf62973-5c66-42f7-be8c-3cb00d29bd67?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\"><img src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_2332,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F24c5e294-6544-4763-a238-2a582ef3cfc8_1166x244.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"115.09433962264151\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;&lt;a href=\" substack-post-media=\"\" 24c5e294-6544-4763-a238-2a582ef3cfc8_1166x244=\"\" \/>https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/24c5e294-6544-4763-a238-2a582ef3cfc8_1166x244.png\"<\/a>,\"srcNoWatermark\":null,\"fullscreen\":null,\"imageSize\":null,\"height\":244,\"width\":1166,\"resizeWidth\":null,\"bytes\":189475,\"alt\":null,\"title\":null,\"type\":\"image\/png\",\"href\":null,\"belowTheFold\":true,\"topImage\":false,\"internalRedirect\":null,\"isProcessing\":false}\" \/&gt;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>Brendan Maher and Alexandre Witze both work for Nature Magazine, which has been <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/6ab0e295-4519-4796-b9a0-29b666bf4b87?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">exposed for financial ties to China<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/764d1b5d-9d4f-4235-b019-21c64fa3e234?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">formerly employed Amy Maxmen<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<table data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOMStatic\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/f00c163c-caf5-48c8-b975-defb77f3cde7?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\"><img src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_2328,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff740c656-620a-4e8e-afca-7afd76d61247_1164x260.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"122.85223367697594\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;&lt;a href=\" substack-post-media=\"\" f740c656-620a-4e8e-afca-7afd76d61247_1164x260=\"\" \/>https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/f740c656-620a-4e8e-afca-7afd76d61247_1164x260.png\"<\/a>,\"srcNoWatermark\":null,\"fullscreen\":null,\"imageSize\":null,\"height\":260,\"width\":1164,\"resizeWidth\":null,\"bytes\":192541,\"alt\":null,\"title\":null,\"type\":\"image\/png\",\"href\":null,\"belowTheFold\":true,\"topImage\":false,\"internalRedirect\":null,\"isProcessing\":false}\" \/&gt;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>As you can see, nothing is likely to change because the science writers in Laura Helmuth\u2019s world fail to understand that she did anything wrong. <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/c907091e-7991-4d66-b7be-e5d3c5d3aa1a?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">Science writers report <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/c907091e-7991-4d66-b7be-e5d3c5d3aa1a?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">for<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/c907091e-7991-4d66-b7be-e5d3c5d3aa1a?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">, not <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/c907091e-7991-4d66-b7be-e5d3c5d3aa1a?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\">on<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/c907091e-7991-4d66-b7be-e5d3c5d3aa1a?j=eyJ1Ijoicnp1NjAifQ.UYU96t_aqtPn0rf8uo-MDATPQvfAPcNrZpbBcjE4KO8\"> science<\/a>, as I explained in an extensive critique of the profession.<\/p>\r\n<p>Helmuth will be fine and will likely announce her latest gig in the coming months. She may have betrayed the journalism profession, but her actions certify her work as an inspiration to science writers.<\/p>\r\n<p>The DisInformation Chronicle is a community-supported publication. 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