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Bad Science in the Press

Posted by Zonk on from the who-needs-perspective dept.

An anonymous reader writes " An editorial in The Guardian presents a good run down of what is wrong with science reporting today and tries to point out why this is. From the article: 'Why is science in the media so often pointless, simplistic, boring, or just plain wrong? Like a proper little Darwin, I've been collecting specimens, making careful observations, and now I'm ready to present my theory.'"

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  1. New Scientist is crap! by rufusdufus · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The stories they publish are claptrap. They make it interesting, and write so laymen can understand, but fundamentally, what they publish is science fiction.