Comments on: Why I exposed Seed

By: PepsiCo + Scienceblogs = Pepsigate | Trashfood

PepsiCo + Scienceblogs = Pepsigate | Trashfood — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:06:36 +0000

[...] leggere vari commenti e post come questo, questo e anche questo, sembra che già in passato l’indipendenza di Seed sia stata messa in [...]

By: veganrampage

veganrampage — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:43:58 +0000

I admire you tremendously. Thank you for what you did. Integrity is a scarce resource these days.
Brava.

By: Marc Hudson

Marc Hudson — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:08:10 +0000

Props to you for going public on this, it matters. Keep up the good work (have had quick look, and will come back for more), and hope you can make it pay!!

By: Douglas Watts

Douglas Watts — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:18:30 +0000

Thanks for doing this. As a print newspaper reporter since 1984, I’ve never personally encountered this type of b.s. but know of it. I would clock my editor if he or she spiked a story based on offending an advertiser. That is supposed to be a sacred, inviolate wall, which is the only reason readers can trust what we write. But the wall is often broken by folks like Mr. Bly and the only way to stop their juvenile behavior is to call them out in public, as you have done.

By: A Farewell to Scienceblogs: the Changing Science Blogging Ecosystem « A Blog Around The Clock

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:50:54 +0000

[...] the wake of the Pepsi scandal, other things started coming to light. Things like this and this and this and this, all adding up to the realization that Seed is not what it makes out [...]

By: Neuron Culture » Blog Archive » The ScienceBlog exodus continues

Neuron Culture » Blog Archive » The ScienceBlog exodus continues — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:53:43 +0000

[...] Media’s recent recent and not-so-recent blunders, such as (as Bora put it) “things like this andthis and this and this,”, PalMD [...]

By: The PepsiGate linkfest « A Blog Around The Clock

The PepsiGate linkfest « A Blog Around The Clock — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:45:46 +0000

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By: Vivienne

Vivienne — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:10:37 +0000

Keep at it, Gaia. Keep writing the stories that need to be told for as long as you can.

By: monado

monado — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:20:23 +0000

Let that be a lesson to you. Every commissioned article should have built into its contract a kill fee: if the magazine (or whatever) declines to publish the finished article, the writer gets the kill fee, which is about 50% of the expected payment for the published article. So you won't be working for nothing. If the CEO is serious about the rejection being a mistake, he can rectify that mistake and publish the article. If he doesn't want to publish it, he should send along the usual kill fee of a standard freelancing contract. Good for you standing up to them. Oddly enough, I've subscribed to the printed version of Seed twice. The first time I got, I think, one issue. The second time I didn't get any.

By: Gaia

Gaia — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 03:34:00 +0000

Aw Anna, you’re a sweetheart, thanks so much! And I’m with you all the way, should you decide to fight your own hideous battle, or not, of course.
xx