The Crackdown On Craigslist: Junk Science?

Was the pressure placed on Craigslist to shut its adult section last year based, in part, on crap science?   Journalist Nick Pinto, writing for the City Pages, published a piece this week that kneecaps the "study" used by the Women's Funding Network in its testimony before Congress, testimony that was part of the 75-watt scrutiny given to Craigslist and its popular adult ads.

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