Bias Makes Media Overreact to Embryonic Stem Cell Hype, Researcher Claims

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More from Wesley Smith on the recent report by Robert Lanza about blind mice whose vision was partially restored using hEScells.
this is not only not a new discovery, but it was previously done in 2004 with the more ethical adult stem cells. “That breakthrough made very little news,” he notes.
On the other hand, Smith observes, “if it’s embryonic stem cells and it’s a breakthrough, the news media picks it up, plays it up big.” And the reason for this tendency in the media, he contends, is “because their main agenda in these issues is to undermine President Bush’s federal funding policy – not necessarily report the news.”
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The blind leading the blind nowhere fast.
 
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