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I really dislike research hit jobs like the link you posted. At best they are disingenuous, at worst they are outright lies. The funding attached to the project
by nataz 10y ago
I really dislike research hit jobs like the link you posted. At best they are disingenuous, at worst they are outright lies. The funding attached to the projects is for the total grant amount provided, which may fund multiple projects, staff, or overhead.
From the link:
METHODOLOGY
Specific dollar amounts expended to support each study were not available for the projects
profiled in this report. Most were conducted as parts of more extensive research funded with
government grants or financial support. The costs provided, therefore, represent the total
amount of the grant or grants from which the study was supported and not the precise amount
spent on the individual studies. This is not intended to imply or suggest other research
supported by these grants was wasteful, unnecessary or without merit.
- humanrebar 10y agoAgreed. I poked around for more primary sources but the office of a senator seemed less controversial than partisan news organizations. Actual links to studies would be less useful since the "interesting bit" would be a note about funding coming from the NSF or something. It's an incomplete and distorted picture of how bureaucracy funds research. I brought it up to add counterpoints and context to the implication that government is actually good at this sort of thing if we'd just get over free market capitalism (or something).
- infinite8s 10y agoYou think the office of an avowedly partisan senator would be less contentious than a putatively 'neutral' news organization?
- humanrebar 10y agoThan the sources I found? Yes.