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Doctored by Charles Piller review – the scandal that derailed Alzheimer’s research

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74% Informative

Doctored Fraud, Arrogance and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s, by Charles Piller , an investigative journalist for the magazine Science .

The book is about the fraud uncovered by a rag-tag group of researchers into academic integrity and extensively documented here by Piller .

Piller handles the difficult material patiently and meticulously, as you would expect of an experienced specialist reporter.

VR Score

75

Informative language

72

Neutral language

44

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

48

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

detected

Time-value

medium-lived

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