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But you argued as if you were always trustworthy of these Journals before but from now on, you plan to be skeptical. Your future intentions are similar but for

But you argued as if you were always trustworthy of these Journals before but from now on, you plan to be skeptical. Your future intentions are similar but for the wrong reasons. One should always be skeptical of research and have dicsussions on the reported data and to what extent and in what context it makes sense. The media outlets summarizing the research papers very often fail to do that so as to skip the details and keep the readers happy because they assume "readers just want to know the superficial abstract knowledge, they can't possibly be interested in the critical analysis of the figures and the numbers so let's exclude that".

eric_b 6y ago
But in this case the media is acting very dishonestly. I remember every major outlet posting articles about how now HCQ was debunked by this study. I have yet to see a single retraction of those articles or any new articles mentioning this. Only the science publications are covering this part of it so far.
- cma 6y ago
  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-03/france-seeks-answers-on-lancet-s-hydroxychloroquine-study https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-03/france-se... https://www.reuters.com/article/brief-the-lancet-editors-issue-expressio/brief-the-lancet-editors-issue-expression-of-concern-about-paper-on-hydroxychloroquine-covid-19-idUSFWN2DF0KT https://www.reuters.com/article/brief-the-lancet-editors-iss... https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/may/28/questions-raised-over-hydroxychloroquine-study-which-caused-who-to-halt-trials-for-covid-19 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/may/28/questions-ra... https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-lancets-politicized-science-on-antimalarial-drugs-11591053222 https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-lancets-politicized-science...
- JadeNB 6y ago
  But why should the actions of the media change your perspective on the trustworthiness of the journals?

eric_b 6y ago

But in this case the media is acting very dishonestly. I remember every major outlet posting articles about how now HCQ was debunked by this study. I have yet to see a single retraction of those articles or any new articles mentioning this. Only the science publications are covering this part of it so far.

cma 6y ago
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-03/france-seeks-answers-on-lancet-s-hydroxychloroquine-study https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-03/france-se... https://www.reuters.com/article/brief-the-lancet-editors-issue-expressio/brief-the-lancet-editors-issue-expression-of-concern-about-paper-on-hydroxychloroquine-covid-19-idUSFWN2DF0KT https://www.reuters.com/article/brief-the-lancet-editors-iss... https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/may/28/questions-raised-over-hydroxychloroquine-study-which-caused-who-to-halt-trials-for-covid-19 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/may/28/questions-ra... https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-lancets-politicized-science-on-antimalarial-drugs-11591053222 https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-lancets-politicized-science...
JadeNB 6y ago
But why should the actions of the media change your perspective on the trustworthiness of the journals?