By its hidden nature, it is obviously a challenge to determine the exact prevalence of "ghost management," defined by Sismondo as the phenomenon in which "pharmaceutical companies and their agents control or shape multiple steps in the research, analysis, writing, and publication of articles."
Of course they fight against Open Access Publishing - too much sunshine scares them and would make them scurry away in panic...
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Mark H at the Denialism blog asks if a story on CNN's website about how to get rid of ghosts in your house is a joke.
File this under the "You Learn Something New Every Day" category.
...I am as appalled as my fellow ScienceBlogger Mark over this horrifically credulous article on ghosts on This Old House at CNN.
So far, my new experimental Skeptical Search Engine has been used hundreds of times, and the top searchers are:
The best way to insure profits for your company is to eliminate any competition. If you can control the press, then any alternative to your product can never be recognized by the public and you effectively eliminate your competition. If you can't lick them, you buy them. If you can't buy them, you eliminate them. Control the press, control the politics, control the market.
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