> The episode underscores how important it is for journalists to seek out a broad range of expert opinions, and to challenge us scientists when our assertions a

> The episode underscores how important it is for journalists to seek out a broad range of expert opinions, and to challenge us scientists when our assertions aren’t clearly backed up by rigorous research. That would require the journalists to be able to evaluate a research study. Most journalists aren't equipped to do that, because they're not scientists. I get the impression that a lot of the "Science Editor" writers are often doing a 2-year stint in that position, after previously working as "International Correspondent" or whatever. This even seems to be the case when the articles are in popular science collections, like SciAm and phys.org.