Saturday, December 24, 2016

Many health news stories lack independent sources

Many health news stories lack independent sources



"News stories about medical research rarely include objective comments from experts who weren't involved in the work, according to a recent analysis.

Of nearly 600 news articles about medical research published in early 2013, only about one in six included a comment from a person not affiliated with the research - and a quarter of the independent sources quoted in the articles appeared to have no relevant expertise about the topic, the study found.

Also, the commenters frequently had conflicts of interest."


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