Let’s just assume for the moment that the experiment is actually invalid (due to poor control group). Experiments that have good control groups don’t show spec

Let’s just assume for the moment that the experiment is actually invalid (due to poor control group). Experiments that have good control groups don’t show spectacular results. Only those experiments that have spectacular results get publicized by the popular media. Therefore you are seeing a kind of bias particular more to the popular media than necessarily the scientific field.