> It matters because readers would like to know how to gauge the significance of unfamiliar tech mentioned in the article. I agree with you on principle: and i

> It matters because readers would like to know how to gauge the significance of unfamiliar tech mentioned in the article. I agree with you on principle: and it should happen across the board and not just reserved for science fair submissions, but the press seems incapable of that, for reasons good and bad. For one,evaluating new tech is subjective (and difficult), and for another, sone news puff pieces are mostly written by PR firms.