If only we could prevent the news from making discoveries public before they've had a chance to be verified. Even if the news media publishes a retraction, it u

If only we could prevent the news from making discoveries public before they've had a chance to be verified. Even if the news media publishes a retraction, it usually happens long after the initial results are already spread and reinforced as common knowledge. I'm only just an armchair opinion but I get the impression that a some people are gaming the system for profit rather at the expense of intellectual honesty. The prospect of the field of science incentivizing 'junk science' is really unsettling.