2 ms·
I never know how to interpret the phrase "linked to" in various news headlines. Is it just shorthand for some relationship that's truly significant and meaning
by CoastalCoder 5y ago
I never know how to interpret the phrase "linked to" in various news headlines.
Is it just shorthand for some relationship that's truly significant and meaningful in the context of the article?
Or is it a weasel-phrase to click-bait people into reading a less significant finding and/or to impute guilt by association?
- gregwebs 5y agoIn 99% of the news headlines you hear about the underlying study does not contain causal evidence in humans. It is almost always correlational in humans or a mouse model. So yes. Generally weak evidence that can conform to some existing view an organization holds is cherry-picked into the news. Although sometimes it is just in the news because it is odd/interesting.