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A Study Said Covid Wasn’t That Deadly. The Right Seized It
- necovek 6y agoUhm, lately, I have a hard time finding any news outlet that puts titles on their articles that have any actual relation to the text itself. As such, information is being manipulated left and right. I basically only go into actual studies to determine their protocols and raw data, and then draw my own conclusions from that. But I understand that the general public does not have the time or desire to do that, and I am not sure what the solution is.
- anarbadalov 6y agoHmm, I don't think the headline is misleading in this case but i generally agree with you. It's easy to cherry-pick studies that support your position, and maybe even interpret them in dishonest ways. Perhaps a more accurate title here would say something about preprints being weaponized by conspiracy theorists, and why journalists shouldn't report on them — but the general public would likely not be familiar with preprints, and this title gets at the heart of it.
- necovek 6y agoOh, I wasn't complaining about this particular article — I was describing how I avoid running into the problem the article complains about (i.e. someone else interpreting the results of the study for me, thus influencing my opinion and behaviour) by going directly into the study (when available) myself :)