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For the first time in its 175-year history, the American science magazine “Scientific American” makes an election recommendation for Democratic challenger Joe Biden. “It’s not easy for us,” says the editorial in the magazine’s October issue. Yet the evidence and science showed “that Donald Trump did serious harm to the United States and its people, because he opposed the evidence and science.”
The most devastating example of this is the US president’s “dishonest and inappropriate” reaction to the crown pandemic, which has so far claimed the lives of more than 190,000 US citizens. Scientists described Trump’s denial of climate change and attacks on the healthcare system as irresponsible. “That’s why we urge you to vote for Joe Biden, who offers fact-based plans to protect our health, economy, and the environment.”
According to the magazine, Democratic candidate Biden has a reputation for following scientific data and knowledge.
Trump previously questioned climate research
According to the AP news agency, the editorial appeared just a day after Trump questioned the climate investigation in relation to the devastating wildfires in California. However, the timing of publication just one day after Trump’s remarks was a coincidence, according to editor-in-chief Laura Helmuth.
The president’s election campaign team initially did not comment on the magazine’s recommendation. Founded in 1845, it claims to be the oldest continuously published magazine in the US The monthly magazine therefore reaches ten million people around the world.
It is not the first political statement
In addition to conservative commentators, psychologist Geoffrey Miller also criticized the magazine’s decision. “Scientific American” betrays its 175-year-old principle of bipartisanship “because of cheap, shortsighted and opportunistic signs of virtue,” Miller tweeted.
Editor-in-chief Helmuth dismissed the criticism, according to the AP. The magazine had already positioned itself against the hydrogen bomb in the 1950s. Furthermore, Trump’s suitability for the presidency was questioned in 2016, but Hillary Clinton did not receive support at the time.
