And now you know the rest of the story

For those who saw the FOX interview with MSU entomologist Dr. Cognato (OK, for those who didn’t, here it is), you will be interested to hear his side of the story.

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Take the time to register (sorry, it’s annoying but I couldn’t find it anywhere else) and read a response to the interview by Dr. Cognato, here.  In summary, he basically confirmed what was suspected, that they weren’t 100% straightforward with him in the first place and only gave him about six hours to prep.  It is nice to hear that Tucker Carlson was actually interested in the entomolgy collection (although, perceived interest is a key tactic in the reporters tool-belt to disarm his interviewee…).  Nonetheless, Cognato did a good job battling off the mindless, anti-science, right wing, propaganda machine.  It is clear that he was put in a difficult situation, FOX came to him and wanted to discuss the collection.  He knew he wasn’t going to be the best prepared for the interview (I know I sure wouldn’t be either!), but had to stand up for the collection in fear that they might have trampled on it without any fair rebuttal.  It is sad we have almost no source of unbiased news nowadays.  If you followed this story you should take the time to read about how it really happened.