Original sentence: Dreger's critics counter that Dreger's defense of Bailey is more than merely defending the academia's right to  publish bad "science" , it is about  about the right to publish bad science without  any regard for the  people that misinformation hurts
Edited sentence: Dreger's critics counter that Dreger's staunch defense of Bailey is more than merely defending the academia's right to  publish bad "science" , it is about  about the right to publish bad science without  any regard for the  people that misinformation hurts