What if we said that misinterpretations of research by the press are the presumptive responsibility of the researcher, full stop. Conspicuous public attempts to correct the press are an affirmative defense, but sentence 17 in your “limitations” section is not
In my experience, it's virtually impossible to keep journalists from misrepresenting research findings, no matter how one tries. We almost never get final approval on copy, much less headline.
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Agree with this wholeheartedly. So much that it has made me wary of talking to journalists about my work, which has other problems. I once explained this issue during an interview and was actually sent the article in advance to fact check. It was awesome.
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That's actually not a sign of good journalismhttps://twitter.com/chrisdc77/status/960304692449435648 …
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Example: Me: I wrote a suicide note. BBC: Cam attempted suicide. I don’t know how I could have been more “clear” on my end. (For the record, *never*, in hundreds of interviews, articles, videos, and podcasts have I said I attempted suicide.)https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05j0n9v …
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They could have some professional integrity rather than chasing clicks?
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