This is true of pretty much all science reporting (at least, on things that are claimed to have some practical benefit). I think that the science reporters fig

This is true of pretty much all science reporting (at least, on things that are claimed to have some practical benefit). I think that the science reporters figure that if they simply report on every successful test, regardless of how far it is from being practical, eventually they will be the ones to have broken the news on "the next big thing".