A decade later, the controversy over Neil deGrasse Tyson's "fake news" use of George W. Bush's quote still kept off of scientist's Wikipedia page

Nov. 28, 2025

When famed scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson had promoted a wrong impression that then-President George W. Bush (R) made a historically-inaccurate observation about the naming of the stars, mainstream newspapers covered the dispute. But over a decade after the row was reviewed in the press, Wikipedia editors have managed to keep the controversy from being noted on the scientist's entry.

Further Reading :

• Opinion : Why Our Memory Fails Us [The New York Times]
  Dec. 1, 2014 — Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson implied that President George W. Bush was prejudiced against Islam in order to make a broader point about scientific awareness. This was a powerful example of how our biases can blind us.
• Opinion : Scandalizing the ‘science’ cult of Neil deGrasse Tyson [The New York Post]
  Oct. 2, 2014 — Tyson was finally forced into apologizing, in a rambling, self-glorifying Facebook post. His gracelessness has extended down to his acolytes, who have worked to keep any mention of the controversy off his Wikipedia page.
• Does Neil deGrasse Tyson make up stories ? (UPDATED) [The Washington Post]
  Sept. 22, 2014 — In a series of articles for The Federalist, a right-leaning Web magazine, Sean Davis makes a strong case that Tyson has a habit of telling tall tales. Most significantly, Tyson attributes a quote to a September 2001 speech by former President George W. Bush that no one can seem to find.

Source Documents :

• Neil deGrasse Tyson - Wikipedia page entry : Wikipedia
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