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Published online 10 July 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.950
Column: Muse
When reporters attack
Scientists and the media have a notoriously difficult relationship, but maybe they get on better than we think, says Philip Ball.
Scientists are apparently not as disenchanted with the media as anecdote suggests, according to a study in this week's Science1.
On the face of it, it sounds like good news.
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What a non-nonsensical waffle! The writer of this "muse" contradicts themselves about 3 times (or more) in this piece, and in the end tries to wrap it up by saying both scientists and journalists are to blame for any misquoting, ect in journalism stories. Stop being preachy and go back to Journalism 101 and learn how to write an investigative report.