In 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 mo

In 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.