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Scientific reporting sucks, even in quality media that take it seriously. If I had money I'd pay a select group of bloggers to write about how a popular bit of science has been misreported and then colate links to those on some central site.

A bit like Behind the Headlines, but about any science and by a wide range of science bloggers.

http://www.nhs.uk/news/Pages/NewsIndex.aspx




One of Norway's biggest bloggers is a guy named Tjomlid[1]. His blog is "skeptical", as in he looks into various things circulating in the media and either backs it up or debunks it.

When media says "X causes cancer", he comes with a level headed blog-post explaining the data. When anti-vaxxers point to a study, he shows that they have misinterpreted it, etc.

Unfortunately, it's in Norwegian. I'm interested in reading more in this vein, so please let me know if you have good, English resources.

[1]: http://tjomlid.com/


Ben Goldacre writes some interesting stuff: http://www.badscience.net/about-dr-ben-goldacre/




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