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I'm hoping they speak out about being muzzled. Edit: "It’s the first time in nearly a decade I’ve been able to speak with a Canadian government scientist direc
by themartorana 11y ago
I'm hoping they speak out about being muzzled.
Edit: "It’s the first time in nearly a decade I’ve been able to speak with a Canadian government scientist directly, on the telephone, without spending days or weeks clearing the request through a media officer and submitting a list of questions for editing and approval."
I realize the ramifications were probably bad, but I'm surprised at least one or two didn't ignore or actively disobey their government overlords... Or did they and I just didn't hear about it?
- toyg 11y agoThese people are not whistleblowers, they are not going to reveal anything you don't already know. Their value for journalists is in using them as confirmation / official data points. If they cannot speak in that role, there is little point in looking them up.
- pheroden 11y agoTo what end? To alert everyone that there is a serious vial infection running amok in the pacific salmon? You've lost your job, and any way of helping with the problems (and this isn't software development, there are probably 3-4 positions available outside government in the county if you want to keep doing the same line of work), all so it gets buried because most people don't care about pacific salmon populations?
- edkennedy 11y agoThey have already started coming forward: http://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/unmuzzled-scientist-facebook-mother-1.3309303 http://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/unmuzzled-scientist-facebook... Including this "rock snot" scientist: http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.3312388/muzzled-rock-snot-scientist-is-now-free-to-speak-with-us-1.3312398 http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-ed...