Guest Thinkers — August 16, 2010

Ben Stein’s Trojan Horse: Tracking Expelled’s Impact

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My latest “Science and the Media” column at Skeptical Inquirer Online is now up. In the column I review the likely audience impact of Expelled and focus on the use of the film as part of a communication strategy to push through “academic freedom” bills in states across the country.

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