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I don't mind that MIT has a great reputation and a great PR team. It's okay to put out new ideas and inventions that may not pan out. But the breathless coverag
by pradn 4y ago
I don't mind that MIT has a great reputation and a great PR team. It's okay to put out new ideas and inventions that may not pan out. But the breathless coverage of their work by news organizations, little more than rephrasing press releases, that's what irks me. They also suck the oxygen out of the space for other science coverage, as if there's not good work being done at dozens of other institutions around the world.
- itsoktocry 4y ago>But the breathless coverage of their work by news organizations, little more than rephrasing press releases, that's what irks me How else would stories like this reach the hoi-polloi, if not for media covering their press releases? >They also suck the oxygen out of the space for other science coverage Media is not scarce. I've never even heard of Free Think.
- pradn 4y agoI criticize not science/engineering journalism itself, but uncritical regurgitation of press releases and overly focusing on some institutions. Website space is infinite but space on the front page is not, and space on newsfeeds is not.