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How Science Reporting Works (infosec.pub)

submitted 3 weeks ago by cm0002@infosec.pub to c/funny@sh.itjust.works

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[–] gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 46 points 3 weeks ago

Scientist: “We’ve achieved several seconds of a controlled fusion reaction with a very modest net energy gain, which will help us to fine-tune future reactor designs.

News: WORLD’S ENERGY PROBLEMS SOLVED FOREVER

[–] pg_jglr@sh.itjust.works 30 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's missing the next frame where no one believes the scientist anymore no matter what he/she says.

[+] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca -17 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

maybe if they stopped promising 5 year cures based on some stupid rodent data people would take them more seriously.

Media does not want to write about incremental discoveries. So all we get is cancer and Alzheimers cures and amazing new batteries every week.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The media does not want to write about incremental discoveries so instead they make up sensationalist headlines and then clarify in the body of the work. Knowing full well that a lot of people won't read beyond the headline.

Fancy been so stupid that you can't work that out.

[–] faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

For profit journalism is a curse to the society. All news source globally should be non-profit with ad revenues enough to ensure comfortable wages to reporters. There should be a capped revenue beyond which And any excess ad revenues should be put in a trust that helps to save niche journalism that might not be ad lucrative.

Of course inflation and national wage should be adjusting said cap every year.

And that dream will probably never come True in my lifetime, but hey a man can dream.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

clarify in the body of the work

i mean they do that sometimes

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago

You are the person reading the headlines in this comic and getting mad