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Science: A New Mission to Explain

 

A recent BBC analysis of its science coverage in its own news reports revealed that 75% came from press releases, and only a tiny fraction contained views not expressed in those press releases.

 

This lip service is not good enough, and editors should wise up that science journalism has lost its edge and demand reform. It has also become uncritical and therefore not journalism. Too many who profess to practice journalism are the product of fashionable science communication courses that have sprung up in the past fifteen years. It's my view that this has resulted in many journalists being supporters of, and not reporters of, science. There is a big difference.

 

Good points. The irony is that this is from the Huffington Post, which has a reputation for reporting and supporting some dodgy medical science, such as antivax tripe and homeopathy.

 

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