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> I'm looking up the paper itself, because it occurs to me that a mainstream news outlet is pretty likely to misreport the study's design, results, discussion,
by Natsu 11y ago
> I'm looking up the paper itself, because it occurs to me that a mainstream news outlet is pretty likely to misreport the study's design, results, discussion, etc... and it'd be unfair not to assume that the article writer (or I the reader) misunderstood something.
I really wish we could convince science journalists that giving a proper citation of any new study they cite is an absolute requirement for meaningful coverage. And for web journalists, there should absolutely always be a link to it if it is in any way available online, no excuses permitted.
- mattlutze 11y agoWell, it is cited by title and authors, and a googling of the title and lead author returns a full copy PDF as the first two results: https://www.google.de/search?q=What+Hiding+Reveals+leslie+john&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=fbfNVYinJ5Ky7Qbw56igBg https://www.google.de/search?q=What+Hiding+Reveals+leslie+jo... Agreed that a link should have been there, but it was effectively cited, if not MLA/APA.
- Natsu 11y agoFair enough, but I do think we have to convince them that there just aren't any excuses for linking not it if that's possible.
- tunap 11y agoLinks would be great, but I'd be happy if they just put a hard date somewhere in the article/page for archival purposes(in general). Amazing how often I find write-ups with no indication of publication/posted date whatsoever.