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> newsworthy In medicine, the Journal of the AMA and the New England Journal of Medicine seem to be the main sources of articles that reach the public's eye.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
> newsworthy
In medicine, the Journal of the AMA and the New England Journal of Medicine seem to be the main sources of articles that reach the public's eye.
The editor of the New England Journal once complained that it was troubling how papers that had only tentative results, more suggestions for further research than conclusions, would get blown out of proportion in the mainstream news media.
Some of the burden is on the journalists, not the researchers.
- marcus_holmes 5y agoAgree completely, but the journals do have some power here - they could stop the journalists writing bullshit. But they like the attention the media coverage brings so they don't do that (and then they blame the journos). And of course the journals could make the scientists reframe their papers so they're not catnip for journos.
- JJMcJ 5y ago> they could stop the journalists writing bullshit How do they do that? Start suing news outlets?