Many issues damage the relationship of science to the media and the use of science and scientific arguments by as a very broad generalisation, many politicians seek certainties and facts whilst scientists typically offer probabilities and caveats. However, politicians' ability to be heard in the frequently distorts the scientific understanding by the public. Examples in the include the controversy over the and the 1988 forced resignation of a Government Minister for revealing the high probability that farmed eggs were contaminated with.
Researchers from the US and Canada have described Scientific Certainty Argumentation Methods (SCAMs), where an organization or think tank makes it their only goal to cast doubt on supported science because it conflicts with political agendas. Hank Campbell and microbiologist Alex Berezow have described "feel-good fallacies" used in politics, especially on the left, where politicians frame their positions in a way that makes people feel good about supporting certain policies even when scientific evidence shows there is no need to worry or there is no need for dramatic change on current programs.
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