Earlier I posted a story that had been circulating in the news circuit about Professor Church&rs
Earlier I posted a story that had been circulating in the news circuit about Professor Church’s intentions to “create a Neanderthal baby, if I can find a willing woman.” But, cosmiccache brought to my attention that the quote, among others in the article, are false. Woman NOT Wanted to make Neanderthal Clone Baby, Misquoted Harvard Prof George Church Harvard University genetics professor George M. Church says media reports have fabricated quotes attributed to him. The sensational quotes and reports claimed that Church was looking for a woman to serve as a surrogate to carry a Neanderthal baby. Church did give an interview to German publication Der Spiegel discussing, in part, the possibilities of cloning Neanderthals. But, oddly, news outlets including the UK Telegraph published quotes that didn’t appear in the English-language version of the interview and attributed them to Der Spiegel. Church told iMediaEthics that this case of the media misrepresenting his words is a “litmus test as to which news providers check their sources.” “If someone is keeping score, how many readers would change their media source?” Church asked. For example, the UK Telegraph, Fox News and Australia’s News.com.au all published quotes that Church identified as “fabricated." The fake quotes are: "I can create a Neanderthal baby, if I can find a willing woman.” “I have already managed to attract enough DNA from fossil bones”. “Neither of these is an actual quote, despite quotation marks and the word ‘I,’” Church told iMediaEthics by email. “I have never 'attracted’ nor 'extracted’ DNA from any fossil bones.” Read more- Article on misquote with George Church Also, here is the accurate English version of the German publication Der Spiegel discussing, in part, the possibilities of cloning Neanderthals. -- source link
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