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Journalist, author, NYU professor, debunker of 'alternative facts.' Author of new biography of Stephen Hawking. (Pronouns: he/him/his.)

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    Charles Seife‏Verified account @cgseife 15 Nov 2018

    Thread: Mapping a @monsanto-loving octopus. Let's start with @scienceblogs (whoa... just realized they blocked me!) was a popular blogging site ca. 2008 that was bought out several times and eventually died. Then @science2_0, a nonprofit org, bought the moribund site & rights.pic.twitter.com/kB30FRj9us

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      2. Charles Seife‏Verified account @cgseife 15 Nov 2018

        Charles Seife Retweeted Josh Rosenau

        Some former bloggers expressed concern about the purchase by @science2_0. Rightly so, and not just because they posted embarrassing Nazi-sympathetic and antisemitic nonsense.https://twitter.com/JoshRosenau/status/1016456396160884737 …

        Charles Seife added,

        Josh Rosenau @JoshRosenau
        Replying to @HankCampbell @YetAnotherJon and 6 others
        Hank I cannot be the only ex-Sber who will absolutely not grant any rights for anything I’ve written to run beside speculations about the “Jewish Question” and how Hitler “help[ed] Jews to leave Germany.” If you don’t see the problem that’s…interesting. pic.twitter.com/TG7ePUhvrW
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      3. Charles Seife‏Verified account @cgseife 15 Nov 2018

        A step back. In 2008, back when @scienceblogs was popular, a man named @hankcampbell founded a for-profit corporation, ION Publications, LLC. Hank apparently launched a few low-quality "science blogging" websites of his own: http://sciblogs.com , http://sciencecodex.com ...pic.twitter.com/nyAVrY3cab

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      4. Charles Seife‏Verified account @cgseife 15 Nov 2018

        ... and http://scientificblogging.com . Not deceptive at all -- who would confuse http://scientificblogging.com/sciblogs.com  with http://scienceblogs.com , I ask you? Eventually, http://scienceblogging.com  turned into http://Science20.com .https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/a-blog-around-the-clock/science-blogs-definition-and-a-history/ …

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      5. Charles Seife‏Verified account @cgseife 15 Nov 2018

        So what was the purpose of ION Publications and all these sites? Well, @ACSHorg , a nonprofit org that's inordinately attached to spreading the word about how safe @monsanto's products are, says that it's a "website development service" that increases traffic to ACSH's website.

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      6. Charles Seife‏Verified account @cgseife 15 Nov 2018

        As it happens, the president of @acshorg is @hankcampbell, who, in his role as president is busy paying @hankcampbell's ION Publications $60,000 for promotional activities.pic.twitter.com/ryE9QZP1ya

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      7. Charles Seife‏Verified account @cgseife 15 Nov 2018

        Last year, @science2_0 went nonprofit, apparently not long before they acquired the @scienceblogs name. (Presumably, whoever gave financial backing for the acquisition got a nice tax deduction.) They revealed their founding document, only after I reported them to the IRS...

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      8. Charles Seife‏Verified account @cgseife 15 Nov 2018

        ... and its founders are @riskmonger, another disinterested person who happens to be gung-ho about @monsanto product safety, and @hankcampbell. So @hankcampbell's nonprofit is paying @hankcampbell's for-profit which owns @hankcampbell's nonprofit which owns @scienceblogs.pic.twitter.com/K51Y0pDdYN

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      9. Charles Seife‏Verified account @cgseife 15 Nov 2018

        (Just for the record, don't try to pay @science2_0 or ION Publications a visit at their address at 705-2 E. Bidwell St. in Folsom.... it's a UPS Store.)pic.twitter.com/nmM5Cgy4pI

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      10. Charles Seife‏Verified account @cgseife 15 Nov 2018

        Now, I'm no expert on corporate governance, but this seems kinda fishy to me -- not just the money flow, but the for-profit owning a non-profit with such obvious overlap in governance structure. But heaven forfend that someone suggest @acshorg @science2_0 etc. are in cahoots!pic.twitter.com/wc8AEVMNCo

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      11. Charles Seife‏Verified account @cgseife 15 Nov 2018

        Attached is a handy-dandy chart for those attempting to follow at home. And disclosure: the @acshorg network, @hankcampbell, and various minions have attacked me and some of my colleagues, incl. on their "Deniers for Hire" website. And I fully admit that I think they're scumbags.pic.twitter.com/d0RdpiD6zO

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      12. Charles Seife‏Verified account @cgseife 15 Nov 2018

        So, the TL;DR version... this is how a once-admired science blogging site, @scienceblogs, was acquired by a complex and, IMO, shady network of for-profits and non-profits helping @monsanto. No wonder @monsanto said @ACSHorg was such a good value for the dollar! --END--pic.twitter.com/2dDC0471Mv

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