IANS Ch.9&10

      Chapter nine talks about "Blaming the messenger".  It does seem to be true that people blame the messenger for the bad news.  Its not their fault, its their job and they shouldnt be blamed.  They shouldnt be blamed for something that they didnt cause or had no control over what so ever. "Dont kill the messenger".  This chapter also talks about how researchers can be bias. For example: they talk about the medical breakthroughs and market profits.  The researcher could be against the procedure and when talking abou tit would tend to show some bias...biasness(?) about it.

      I like the quote "The substance of the conclusion shouldnt really matter as long as it is significant and as long as it follows logically from the procedures used to arrive at it."  Meaning that it doesnt matter how you get the answer as long as you get it and its correct.

     Chapter ten talks about the tunnel visions and blind spots of journalism.  The tunnel vision and blind spots of journalism are the dangers posed by looking in only one direction for an explanation therefore ignoring alternative explanations that give a rounde, fuller picture of a subject.

    The story about AIDS tells us that the article made the headlines by telling the people that the percent of deaths increased from infectious deiseases.  But the percentage figure was exagurated because AIDs had not been recognized as a cause of death yet.  This is a good example of the tunnel vision and blind spots.

link http://jerz.setonhill.edu/teaching/EL227/2007/11/ians_4.php