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Thursday, January 25, 2007 12:00 AM

Science publishers get stupid

Andrew Leonard

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  • Friday, January 26, 2007 12:32 PM

    This Reminds Me of What AccuWeather Tried To Do

    The corporation AccuWeather, through Rick Santorum (via lobbyists, I'm sure) tried to pass legislation forbidding the National Weather Service from providing readable forecasts to the public for free. Said Santorum and Accuweather: The government is stepping on the toes of the free market by giving something away for free; something which could be sold by the private sector (the weather forecast). Therefore, the NWS should only release raw weather data, since that is what taxpayers are paying for. Then we, the private sector, will interpret that raw data and provide forecasts to the news media -- for a price.

    Santorum was not successful, but I'm sure AccuWeather will continue to try to pass such legislation.

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