One take on science in the media 

 I often share the mixed feelings about media coverage of scientific papers that Amy  discussed in her post  yesterday on the statistics of race.  Apparently we aren't the only ones; Mark Liberman at  Language Log  linked to yesterday's  Dilbert  cartoon: 

   

 Language Log is one of my favorite blogs, and many of the posts there are relevant for those of us reporting our own statistical results and trying to promote better coverage in the media.  Some of my favorites: 

  Two Simple Numbers  
 Thou Shalt Not Report Odds Ratios  
 Hand-waving in the Washington Post  
 IQ and birth order  
 The "happiness gap" and the rhetoric of statistics  

 I know that I've committed some of these sins myself; in fact, I think I need to go reinterpret some odds ratios...