I must say that I have to agree entirely with the post referred to here. It seems that the media are becoming increasingly lazy and decreasingly critical towards "scientific" information.
Companies that will benefit from a particular outcome wil tend to promote that outcome, either by screening the research report and filtering the information in it to fit their own needs, or they will sponsor "scientists" for as long as the research supplies them with the "right" data. A press release then pushes the "facts" to the public with many thanks to the gullible journalists. Publish it now and get the scoop, no need to check the facts...
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