The churning of the news cycle, the pressure of scientists to get journal clicks, and the subsequent reward of funding has created a misinformation problem, according to a recent study. In a paper published in PLOS One, a team of researchers call out journalists that unfairly show preferential treatment to scientists who are the first to report on a discovery, even if their research is wrong. Journalists, the French researchers report, frequently choose to write about the flashy first study and fail to follow up with another article if that finding proves later to be disproved.
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