Data Quality and Science Politics.

A excellent series by Rick Weiss of the Washington Post shows us a good reason to watch the watchdogs--part of the Fine Print.

Weiss gets to the core of the matter:

Environmental and consumer groups say the Data Quality Act fits into a larger Bush administration agenda. In the past six months, more than 4,000 scientists, including dozens of Nobel laureates and 11 winners of the National Medal of Science, have signed statements accusing the administration of politicizing science.

What?!? Politicizing science? The Bush administration? What makes you think that? Oh, right: this, probably. And this. And this.