hannah onlinemastodon getting mainstream coverage has been such an intense demonstration of that effect where you only realize that the news is completely, outrageously wrong about the most basic shit when it talks about something you're actually familiar with
Kalany Vir'harellan@prehensile my frustration with this is amplified by the fact that in science coverage I can't even find out whose press release they're badly misinterpreting unless I pay for the article. I think journalists who write about scientific papers/press releases/etc should have to provide their citations outside the paywall.
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@kalany @prehensile i always go straight to sci-hub for that exact reason.
@nebuchi @prehensile Problem is, I'll see an article headline, maybe even the first graf, and they've so badly mangled the research that I can't even tell if I've found the right one.
@kalany @prehensile that's really effed up😒