Tim Schwab
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https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250291431 19-04-2016 13:44:16
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Another question: How did Gates Foundation get an advanced copy of this study...& how did Gates get around @thelancet's embargo rules? Gates was promoting specific findings in a press release--a week before pub.
Everything about this study is raising red flags Retraction Watch
I don't disagree with this....and the deeper I'm looking into @thelancet study, the more ethical questions appear.
There appear to be a major series of undisclosed financial conflicts related to Gates Foundation: stay tuned
This is often Gates Foundation's m.o. They fund public health interventions, fund evals of the interventions (and/or fund the data and authors), and even fund newsrooms that reliably amplify the one-sided evals showing Gates's good deeds
There's a word for this: misinformation
Last week Gates Foundation put out press release trumpeting a yet-to-be-published study showing it saved 154 million lives. Today, the @thelancet publishes the study——and surprise!——Gates's money is everywhere
Are Gates & Lancet doing science...or PR?
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Strange contradiction in this story that BI doesn't resolve. Microsoft spokesperson says ''Bill is not at Microsoft and not involved here' then later confirms Gates remains a 'technical advisor' to Microsoft.
Serious question for Frank X. Shaw: which is it?
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It's not a secret that @billgates continues to work w/ Microsoft as a technical advisor. But Business Insider presents Gates as the Wizard of Oz, quietly directing Microsoft's AI work.
Unmentioned: Gates also pushing AI 'revolution' via Gates Foundation
businessinsider.com/bill-gates-sti…
Great story. Association of Health Care Journalists highlights misinformation put out by the IHME, a controversial research body largely funded by Gates Foundation.
'Exaggerating a problem can foster distrust in science, scare people unnecessarily, and lead to bad policymaking.'
healthjournalism.org/blog/2024/04/h…
Why mislead the public about maternal mortality? A dubious study led to alarming headlines, yet the U.S.'s miserably high #maternalmortality should be enough to motivate action, says Boston University School of Public Health Professor Eugene Declercq. Association of Health Care Journalists #MaternalHealth healthjournalism.org/blog/2024/04/h…
This Vox news story is very similar to press releases put out by Gavi & Gates Foundation, which funds the data sources (VMIC, IHME) used in this study.
Odd to see friendly journalism amplifying this study before it is published or avail for public review
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