Media Matters Touts Sham Science, Falsely Attacks George Will
An August 29, 2006, post by Media Matters falsely claims that columnist and commentator George Will "misrepresented a reported scientific breakthrough."
Mr. Will clearly did no such thing. Media Matters’ bogus attack stems from an announcement from a company called Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) that claimed it "successfully generated human embryonic stem cells (hES cells) using an approach that does not harm embryos."
In fact, as George Will correctly pointed out, ACT’s lead researcher Robert Lanza "destroyed all 16 of the embryos he used, just as in conventional embryonic stem cell research" (source)! Even Media Matters had to concede that Will was 100 percent correct on this point!
In addition, in their bogus attack on Will, Media Matters cites the Washington Post, whose editorial on this story has been simply debunked. (Read this.)
The bottom line: Will did not "misrepresent" anything. If there’s any "misrepresenting" by anyone, it’s by Media Matters. ACT hardly made a "scientific breakthrough." As one official put it, "All they showed was that you can kill an embryo at an earlier stage than they did before."
For more on the "sham" of ACT’s announcement, which Media Matters bogusly touted as a "scientific breakthrough," check out:
"Pro-life official: New stem-cell announcement is a sham," by Nancy Frazier O’Brien,
"Science by Press Release," by Wesley J. Smith, and
"The Real Good News on Stem Cells: Beyond the hype, some real hope," by Robert P. George.
