I Believe in Science—But Not Necessarily Science Journalism (fair.org)

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[-] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

To be fair...

None of that is good journalism, nevermind good science journalism. Bad journalism is the problem here, not bad science.

Unfortunately, regulating journalism would result in abuse and tyranny (eventually) as it removes the effectiveness of the fourth estate as a check against the government's power. But damn -- wouldn't it be nice if journalists (and their editors) were required to at least have knowledge of the domains they cover.