Science, Ideology and the Media: The Cyril Burt Scandal PDF
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Science, Ideology & Media the The Burt Scandal Cyril Ronald Fletcher BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, IDEOLOGY, AND THE MEDIA Photo courtesy ofDr. CharlotteBanks. AND SCIENCE, IDEOLOGY, THE MEDIA The Cyril Burt Scandal Ronald Fletcher Transaction Publishers New Brunswick (U.S.A.) and London (U.K.) Copyright © 1991 by Transaction Publishers. New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903 All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conven- tions. No part ofthis book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. All inquiries should be addressed to Transaction Publishers, Rutgers-The State University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903. Library ofCongress Catalog Number: 90-40836 ISBN: 0-88738-376-9 Printed in the United States ofAmerica Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Fletcher, Ronald. Science, ideology, and the media : the Cyril Burt scandal / Ronald Fletcher, p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-88738-376-9 1. Burt—, Cyril Lodowic, Sir, 1883-1971.— 2. Fraud—in science- -England Case—studies. 3. Mass media Influen—ce Case studies. 4. Science news Case studies. 5. Psychologists England. I. Title. BE109.B88F44 1990 150'.92—dc20 90-40836 CIP ^ In Memory of Miss Gretl Archer whose loyalty never wavered Digitized by the Internet Archive 2016 in https://archive.org/details/scienceideologytOOflet 1 Contents Acknowledgments xiii Preface xvii CASE FOR THE DEFENSE I 1. Preamble 3 Introduction 3 Approach 4 Jury 7 Prosecution 8 Cross-Examination 9 Fraud? True or False? 1 Rehabilitation? 12 Relevance? 17 WITNESSES FOR THE PROSECUTION II CROSS-EXAMINATION Introduction 21 2. The BBC: The Intelligence Man 23 The Billing 23 Misrepresentations 25 Indefensible Judgments 27 A Disallowing and Rejection ofall Qualifications 30 Dramatized Incidents and Scenes: Evidence? 32 Did You See? 35 Conclusion 36 vii
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