"Journalists do include appropriate caveats or even decide not to run a story when conclusions are tentative, but that happens only because they have been given enough time and breathing space to assess it." Citation needed.https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05789-4 …
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"... a poster (i.e. unreviewed) ... looked at the incidence of autism and pesticide application in New York state.... Still, several mainstream outlets rushed to cover it with some alarming headlines, infuriating scientists." Course it did, that's the Lancet's job.
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"The science was poor, but the claims were intriguing. Many journalists gave up the chance to vet information so as not to be late to the story." And they might have gotten away for it, if it wasn't for those meddling post-publication reviewers.
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"Should all preprints be emblazoned with a warning aimed at journalists that work has not been peer reviewed?" ...
@thePeerJ says yes.pic.twitter.com/7PE3gVIgDP
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I get the concerns here, it's all just a bit muddled. 'Dangerous health claim based on total garbage / savage misinterpretation goes viral' is already endemic (or we'd hear less from
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My experience is that whatever you put on the study is academic (pun intended) because most journos with tight deadlines don't read it anyway It's often about the press release, good ones can change the narrative entirely
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A university will, in general, not write a press release for a preprint. It's not even considered by most media policies I've seen, let alone expressly permitted.
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Damn. Maybe there should be a preprint media release website for scientists to write their own
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Because on the other hand, academic conferences WILL write press releases about interesting posters that turn into fucking ridiculous stories. Particularly endo conferences, oddly enough
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