Thursday, October 27, 2022

Nature journal: There’s only one choice in Brazil’s election — for the country and the world. Really!

When a once prestigious scientific journal openly disseminates propaganda and demagoguery (as reported here several times) and takes sides in other countries' political elections!

Nature journal is family-owned by a German media conglomerate, i.e. the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. I have tried several times to contact them about this issue by email. They refused to respond! 

"When Brazil elected Jair Bolsonaro as its president four years ago, this journal was among those that feared the worst. “The election of Jair Bolsonaro is bad for research and the environment,” we wrote (Nature 563, 5–6; 2018). ...
A populist and a former army captain, Bolsonaro charged into office denying science, threatening Indigenous peoples’ rights, promoting guns as a solution to security concerns and pushing a development-at-all-costs approach to the economy. Bolsonaro has been true to his word. His term in office has been disastrous for science, the environment, the people of Brazil — and the world. ..."

There’s only one choice in Brazil’s election — for the country and the world A second term for Jair Bolsonaro would represent a threat to science, democracy and the environment.

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