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Tony Lyons: “Most of the science that makes it through is either from…”

Featuring: Tony Lyons, President and Publisher of Skyhorse Publishing | New York

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Book Publisher, TONY LYONS, CEO of Skyhorse Publishing, on defending the FIRST Amendment

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But, you know, some of the main journals, some of the main scientific journals have come out and said that even their own journals are not trustworthy. You know, that what's happening now is that Most of the science that makes it through is either from captured agencies or it's funded by the corporations that are going to make money off a certain result. So they do everything they can to get to that result. And if you look at the transcripts of the Vioxx trials, where, you know, something like 50,000 people, maybe … (28:57–29:07)

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Asserts that much scientific research is influenced by agencies or corporations with financial interests.

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