Doubts mount over 'clone' reporter

[Gauracandra 1]

Doubts mount over 'clone' reporter

 

The Raelian sect believes humans were cloned by aliens

 

The independence of a journalist appointed to verify claims that a US

company has produced the first ever human clone has been called into

question by reports that he tried to sell programmes on the topic last

year. Freelance journalist Michael Guillen approached the main US television

networks before the company Clonaid announced it had created the first

human clone in December, the New York Times has reported.

 

All networks rejected Mr Guillen's proposals, the newspaper said.

 

A former science editor of ABC television, Mr Guillen has been asked by Clonaid to commission DNA analyses on the baby Eve and her mother in order to confirm or refute the company's claim - which has drawn widespread scepticism.

 

Clonaid has refused offers from leading US scientists to perform tests on mother and infant, who was born on 26 December.

 

According to the report, Mr Guillen offered networks a reality-based show on the cloning process, which he would produce and present for around $100,000.

 

Clonaid scientist Brigitte Boisselier says the parents are unsure about tests the Times also said that it had been offered an article on the topic in May, which had been turned down.

 

The BBC's science correspondent says the reports will only fuel the suspicion already prevalent in mainstream science that the company is unable to prove its claim.

 

The leader of the Raelian cult which founded Clonaid said they chose Mr Guillen because he was "sympathetic".

 

Mr Guillen has a PhD from Cornell University and taught physics at Harvard before he moved into TV journalism.

 

Correspondents say he has a history of TV reports examining scientifically questionable subjects like psychokinesis, astrology, auras, precognition and cold fusion.

 

Several years ago he was given a spoof award by the sceptics' group the

James Randi Foundation for what it called "promoting pseudoscience and

quackery".

 

Mr Guillen has not been available for comment since Clonaid announced

it was appointing him to supervise the testing.

 

The testing itself may in any case never go ahead.

 

The parents of Eve are wary of DNA tests since they could be obliged by

law to reveal their identity.

[Streetstraw 0]

Anyone with genuine guru knows all this clone ... is bogus to the hilt.

Others must remain in ignorance awaiting their latest rhetorical reports.

"No, just now not, but in future we shall..."

SP: "Trust no future, however pleasant"

Filmfreaks: "Trust no future, just ask Donald Pleasant"

Reread "Life Comes from Life" or better yet, hear the tapes!

[theist 1]

Someone will soon clone a human. Animals they have already done.

 

So when does the soul enter the clone?

[Guest guest]

They say they've cloned animals and u believe them. We r not so foolish.

Toot their horn. But don't expect a cut.

False advertisement has become commonplace, the norm.

[theist 1]

I'm a fool. Nothing new there. And the Earth is flat.

[Tarun 6]

Lord Buddha prescribed: "Neither flattery nor flat-tires nor flatulence propel one forward."

What exactly do we mean by cloning?