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While we are here, do not forget the new Toohey Awards. https://tooheys.org/ https://tooheys.org/

wodenokoto 6y ago
> You may consider The Toohey Award something similar to the Ig Nobel Prize. The public may safely disregard any article ever written, present-and-future, by a Toohey Award winner. [1] There is absolutely no discrediting of scientists related to the Ig Nobel prize. Its stated aim being to "honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think." [2] The Tooheys is an attempt at discrediting individual journalist. There is absolutely no spiritual relationship between the two. [1] https://tooheys.org/ https://tooheys.org/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ig_Nobel_Prize https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ig_Nobel_Prize
- makomk 6y ago
  I don't think this year's "Medical Education Prize" is achieving anything like that, though - it's pushing a bunch of narratives that everyone's expected to believe despite having an extremely weak foundation in reality, in an area where the very concept of prioritizing scientific evidence over politics has been twisted into a partisan political tool so throughly I'm not sure there's any way back, never mind the evidence itself.
iwlie 6y ago
Or, do forget them? This award seems much more mean-spirited. It smells like the sort of thing someone makes when they're complaining about "cancel culture" in bad faith. > Zoe Schiffer has been awarded the Toohey Award for irresponsible journalism for her hit piece. > She wins a 'Yellow Pen' and loses her credibility. "Loses her credibility" is a very strong claim to try to make with any sort of objectivity. Personally, I read the source article that sparked the nomination, and I can't see what the issue is. As a queer person, I'm happy the article exists to raise attention to this sort of company culture.
- notafraudster 6y ago
  The fact that the awards are named after a caricature of bad journalism 100 years ago in an Ayn Rand novel I think suggests a lot about the thinking behind the awards.
  - notahacker 6y ago
    Since there's no indication of any nominations, process or criteria other than one particular journalist being singled out for one particular long form piece criticising one particular startup company, my only question is which person working for that company thought that making a website to snipe at the journalist would actually be a good idea?

> You may consider The Toohey Award something similar to the Ig Nobel Prize. The public may safely disregard any article ever written, present-and-future, by a Toohey Award winner. [1] There is absolutely no discrediting of scientists related to the Ig Nobel prize. Its stated aim being to "honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think." [2] The Tooheys is an attempt at discrediting individual journalist. There is absolutely no spiritual relationship between the two. [1] https://tooheys.org/ https://tooheys.org/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ig_Nobel_Prize https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ig_Nobel_Prize

makomk 6y ago
I don't think this year's "Medical Education Prize" is achieving anything like that, though - it's pushing a bunch of narratives that everyone's expected to believe despite having an extremely weak foundation in reality, in an area where the very concept of prioritizing scientific evidence over politics has been twisted into a partisan political tool so throughly I'm not sure there's any way back, never mind the evidence itself.

iwlie 6y ago

Or, do forget them? This award seems much more mean-spirited. It smells like the sort of thing someone makes when they're complaining about "cancel culture" in bad faith. > Zoe Schiffer has been awarded the Toohey Award for irresponsible journalism for her hit piece. > She wins a 'Yellow Pen' and loses her credibility. "Loses her credibility" is a very strong claim to try to make with any sort of objectivity. Personally, I read the source article that sparked the nomination, and I can't see what the issue is. As a queer person, I'm happy the article exists to raise attention to this sort of company culture.

notafraudster 6y ago
The fact that the awards are named after a caricature of bad journalism 100 years ago in an Ayn Rand novel I think suggests a lot about the thinking behind the awards.
- notahacker 6y ago
  Since there's no indication of any nominations, process or criteria other than one particular journalist being singled out for one particular long form piece criticising one particular startup company, my only question is which person working for that company thought that making a website to snipe at the journalist would actually be a good idea?