The Lancet was made for political activism

https://unherd.com/2023/10/the-lancet-was-made-for-political-activism/


Gelman mentions Pace here

https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/02/01/lancet-bashing/


Lancet-bashing!
Posted on February 1, 2024 9:20 AM by Andrew


Retraction Watch points to this fun article by Ashley Rindsberg, “The Lancet was made for political activism,” subtitled, For 200 years, it has thrived on melodrama and scandal.

And they didn’t even mention Surgisphere (for more detail, see here) or this story (the PACE study) or this one about gun control.

All journals publish bad papers; we notice Lancet’s more because they get more publicity.