Smackdown at Science

NASAwatch points to an interesting exchange at Science

Three months ago, D. Kennedy, editor of Science opined on l'affaire Deutsch at NASA PAO.

Dean Acosta from NASA PAO responds in friday's Letter section

Kennedy replies:

"Acosta offers not a single instance of misrepresentation, fabrication, inaccuracy, or shoddy journalism in my Editorial. Readers can check the New York Times article we both cited to see whether I misrepresented it. His letter is short on facts but rich in rhetoric, presumably to support his central point: that public affairs types need to collaborate with scientists because the latter can't write well."
Donald Kennedy

Ouch.