A Federal Prosecutor Sental a Letter to the Editor in Chief of a GlenView Medical Journal Alleging Political Bias and Ascing A Series of Questions that suggests the publication Misleads Readers, Overlooks Overlooks Views and is Influenzed by Financial Brackers.
The Letter, Signed by Acting US Attorney Edward Martin Jr. for the District of Columbia, Was Sent to Chest Journal on April 14. Martin, A Republican, Echoes President Donald Trump’s Baseless Claims that the 2020 election was stolen and defensions the work of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficcyience.
“It has hay been brought to my attention that more and more Journals and publications, like chest journal are concenting that they are partisans in various debates,” Martin wrote in the letter.
“The Public has Certain Expectation and You Have Certain Responsibility,” he added.
He demanded that the publishers ansower a series of ques tion by May 2 – Including Whether “Accept Articles and or Essays from Competing Viewpoints” and How they “Handle Allegations” that authors in the Journal “May Have Misled Readers.”
Martin Also As Squich Role Role the National Institutes of Health, Which Funds Some of the Research Published in the Journal, Played in “The Development of Submitted Articles.” The Trump Administration has made funding at the Several Federal Medical Organizations, Including the NIH.
The Letter was posted thighsday on X by Eric Reinhart A Clinician, Political Anthropologist and Social Psychiatry from Chicago.
“The Trump Regime Is Now Using Us Attorneys to Intimidate Academic Journals by Sending The Letters Demanding They Explain How they ENSURE ‘Viewpoint Diversity,’ Reinhart Posted on X.
Laura Dimasi, A Spokeswoman with Chest Journal’s Publisher, The American College of Chest Physicians, confirmed that the organization received the letter.
“Its Content Was Posted Online With Our Knowledge,” Dimasi Told the Sun-Times in a Statement. “Legal Counsel is Currently Reviewing the Doj Request.”
In a Statement Shared on the Journal’s WebsiteThe Organization Said it “adheres to the International Committee of Medical Journal editors and the Cope Ethical Guidelines for Scholarly Publishing, Applying StrICT PEER REVIEW to Esure Scientific Rigor.
“As the publisher, the American College of Chest Physicians Respects and Supports the Journal’s Editorial Independence,” The Publication Wrote.
The US Attorney’s Office in Washington Did Not Immediately Respond to A Request for Comment.
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