Recent media commentary on the peer review process

With recent high-profile study retractions or corrections regarding conflicts of interest and other issues in a number of prominent scientific journals, the media is paying increasing attention to the peer review process -- considering whether the process is "working" and opinions from experts regarding what problems the process can (and probably can't) catch and how it migth be improved.

• Lorna Benson from Minnesota Public Radio: The problem with peer review (July 25, 2006)
• Nobel intent: Chris Lee -- Open peer review is addictive (July 25, 2006) and Peer review and replication under scrutiny