How this Stanford freshman brought down the president of the university

LA Times ^ | 7/21/23 | BY CORINNE PURTILL

[CFW]

Rumors of altered images in some of the research papers published by Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne had circulated since 2015. But the allegations involving the neuroscientist got little attention beyond the niche scientific forum where they first appeared — until Stanford freshman Theo Baker decided to take a closer look.

Baker, a journalist for the Stanford Daily, published his first story on problems surrounding Tessier-Lavigne’s research in November. His dogged reporting kicked off a chain of events that culminated this week with the president’s announcement that he would step down from his post at the end of August.

Tessier-Lavigne acted Wednesday after an expert scientific panel convened by the university determined that he failed on multiple occasions to correct errors in his published research on Alzheimer’s disease and related topics, and that he managed labs that at times produced sloppy or even manipulated data.

[CFW]

Wow! Read about the pressure put on this young student to abandon his investigation into the Dean's research papers. They brought out the "big guns" against him but he still refused to give it up. All during his freshman year. It will be interesting to see if he maintains that attitude should he continue a career as a journalist.

[mass55th]

How a Lewis and Clarke graduate landed a non-paying White House internship, flipped that into a paying government job in only one month by giving B.J.’s to a sitting Democrat President.

[T.B. Yoits]

This could be repeated at university after university for research paper after research paper.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

That kid will go far. Perhaps wearing concrete overshoes.

[Leaning Right]

> His dogged reporting… <

This student deserves a Pulitzer Prize. Not kidding. He deserves a Pulitzer Prize.

As a side note, I thought there was only one true investigative journalist left in the country, Seymour Hersh. Now I see that there are two, Seymour Hersh and Theo Baker.

There should, of course, be thousands. And that’s the really sad part.

(Before anyone yells at me, yes I know Hersh is a liberal. But he will follow a story wherever it might go. That’s very rare these days.)

[nickcarraway]

Seymour Hersh is not a liberal, hesba rabid Clintonite. He made his bones by covering up. That’s not journalism.

[Zathras]

Andy Grove, CEO of Intel gave his heart to Stanford.
It is sad to see how far it has fallen.

[Leaning Right]

Seymour Hersh is not perfect. But he did expose the My Lai massacre. He questioned the Syrian government’s alleged use of poison gas. And he’s dug deep into the Nord Stream pipeline explosion. In all of these cases, he’s gone against the official narrative.

From what I’ve read about him, I don’t think I’d like the guy personally. Wouldn’t want to have a beer with him. But he seems not to be just a typical parrot. I respect that.

[Yossarian]

As a side note, I thought there was only one true investigative journalist left in the country, Seymour Hersh. Now I see that there are two, Seymour Hersh and Theo Baker.

Let's not forget James O'Keefe (ex of Project Veritas), Matt Taibbi, and Michael Shellenberger (the last two of 'Twitter Files' fame).

There are probably a few - especially on the Twitter Files front - that I'm leaving out.

[Leaning Right]

> Let’s not forget James O’Keefe… <

Ha, yes. You’re right. I thought about him the second after I made that post.

[sopo]

Are you sure this isn’t a payback for his at least mild defense of free speech on campus https://news.stanford.edu/report/2021/06/10/faculty-senate-remarks-speech-limits-others-speech/ ?

If not, why his fraudulence himself, Fauci, not being publicly whipped and shamed?

[HKMk23]

THIS may be relevant, here:
https://public.substack.com/about

Theo may have a team he can link up with.

[Grampa Dave]

I feel the same:

“From what I’ve read about him, I don’t think I’d like the guy personally. Wouldn’t want to have a beer with him. But he seems not to be just a typical parrot. I respect that.”

[DAC21]

“the university determined that he failed on multiple occasions to correct errors in his published research on Alzheimer’s disease and related topics, and that he managed labs that at times produced sloppy or even manipulated data”

Me thinks the University heavily minced their words for financial reasons. Let the party begin.

[sasquatch]

I went to Stanford and worked for Intel in the ‘70s. I do not understand the connection of what you speak. Andy was at Berkeley by the way. That’s where he wrote the book.

[Ann Archy]

WHO?

[Ann Archy]

Seymour Hersh??? LOL!!! he is NOT TO BE TRUSTED!

[mass55th]

Monica Lewinsky.

[Seeing More Clearly Now]

Between the Bankman Fried Economists teaching creative bookkeeping and the Stanford President’s fiction-laden “scientific” publications, Stanford has become a Fraud Central of academe.