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Old 02-09-11, 06:32 PM   #4
DarkFish
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Originally Posted by STEED View Post
There doing themselves no favour's and causing more harm than good.
Nope, the press are doing them no favor.

Example: Some research shows that people who eat peanuts daily are on average more healthy than people who do not. Generally some big news agency changes this into: "Eat more peanuts for your health". Next another research shows that people who eat peanuts have a higher probability to get cancer in their right thumb. And again the press distorts this into: "Peanuts cause cancer in your thumb, don't eat them!" That's all there is to it actually.
And that's why I can completely understand NeonSamurai when he says he'd rather read the study itself instead of these news stories.
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