The way news website don't cite the actual papers they are writing about bugs me. It's not hard to dig up the paper. It's not all the journalist's fault though:

The way news website don't cite the actual papers they are writing about bugs me. It's not hard to dig up the paper. It's not all the journalist's fault though: Most press releases don't cite the actual research properly either. Also, this article is right to call out the desire of news outlets to create controversy, even when there is none. However, more often they tend to just repeat the gushing, enthusiastic statements of the university or charity PR department, with no conception of when and indeed if the research will actually lead to anything in the real world.