[nikcub]

Nobody "deserves" attention - it is either good content or it isn't.

I'm not surprised at all that on one hand scientists will complain about public misconceptions in science but then bitch about and nitpick any genuine effort to bring science to the masses with popular media.

I've read all all of those articles and discussions twice over and reduced it to Richard Dawkins being unhappy about Freeman Dyson being a Christian and accepting a Templeton grant, while even the most ardent critic of the Templeton foundation would still concede they fund good science.