Comments on: Scare quotes https://freakytrigger.co.uk/science/2007/05/scare-quotes Lollards in the high church of low culture Mon, 21 May 2007 19:52:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Al Ewing https://freakytrigger.co.uk/science/2007/05/scare-quotes/comment-page-1#comment-274246 Mon, 21 May 2007 19:52:27 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/science/2007/05/scare-quotes/#comment-274246 Jeremy Vine really did hit a low point today, which is difficult for him. I’ve noticed that both his show and Steve Wright’s get noticeably better when they’re on holiday and have to be replaced. TIME FOR A CULL RADIO 2.

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By: Alix https://freakytrigger.co.uk/science/2007/05/scare-quotes/comment-page-1#comment-274149 Mon, 21 May 2007 14:50:06 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/science/2007/05/scare-quotes/#comment-274149 This is why I hate Jeremy Vine.

I’m pretty tired of the BBC anyway. The awful coverage of the Madeleine McCann abduction has almost certainly started my gradual weaning off from BBC News.

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By: Alan https://freakytrigger.co.uk/science/2007/05/scare-quotes/comment-page-1#comment-274140 Mon, 21 May 2007 14:10:34 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/science/2007/05/scare-quotes/#comment-274140 i agree cis

To make it less clear cut, I think wrt the mast/laptop thing i think they migh have been comparing ‘typical operating distance’, but this obv makes the quote immensely misleading, and it also misses out the fact that during operation phones are placed RIGHT NEXT TO YOUR HEAD. so again with the “so-called” inverse square law, we should we not be more worried about the radiation coming from the phones, NOT the masts. and i believe (i don’t know what models this is true for) that the nearer the masts the lower the radiation from the phones. so get yourself near a phone mast NOW

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By: RickyT https://freakytrigger.co.uk/science/2007/05/scare-quotes/comment-page-1#comment-274138 Mon, 21 May 2007 14:04:57 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/science/2007/05/scare-quotes/#comment-274138 Grrrrrrargghghghghghghghghghgh! This is a new low, even by the usual standards of BBC science reporting.

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By: c i s https://freakytrigger.co.uk/science/2007/05/scare-quotes/comment-page-1#comment-274136 Mon, 21 May 2007 13:53:30 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/science/2007/05/scare-quotes/#comment-274136 only dumb scare stories like this that pop up, get publicity, then are forgotten about except for the nutters with clippings files and selective memories

I wish it were only the nutters, but I feel like the continual pumping out of stories like this must leave the general public feeling with a vague sense of worry, when they think about wifi next there’ll be that little voice in the back of the head going ‘can’t remember what it is I know about that but i’m sure it was bad’.

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