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[[scientific inquiry]] should be open, and free of [[bias]]
'''Politicized science''' is considered a problem by people on all parts of the [[political spectrum]], yet they can rarely agree on whether a particular scientific issue has become politicized. All parties to the dispute agree that when political power, as of a government or church, is used to prevent scientific matters from being investigated or discussed objectively, this constitutes politicization. Even scientific bodies have been known to suppress results or theories which contradict the scientific mainstream.
* Most Americans take pride in our traditions of [[free speech]], [[freedom of the press]] and open [[scientificinquiry]] inquiry and [[debate]]. However, if [[research]] is done in a [[bias]]ed way, it is not [[science]], it is [[propaganda]]. When science becomes politicized, with unspoken [[hidden agenda]]s, it loses its value as a trusted source of [[objectivity|objective information]] to inform our country’s discourse and decisions. It becomes a political tool, a weapon to [[manipulation|manipulate]] an unsuspecting public. [http://thewaronintimacy.com/twoi/]
[[Sallie Baliunas]] wrote
