Numbers are objective, and all too often I see them manipulated in rather creative ways to paint a picture. It is certainly possible to present the hard numbers

Numbers are objective, and all too often I see them manipulated in rather creative ways to paint a picture. It is certainly possible to present the hard numbers of a scientific paper as an easily digestible article without picking out only the more convenient ones. > No one is 100% unbiased No, and every journalist should know that and keep their own bias in mind when writing. One can have an opinion and still present a plausible alternative.