Depth Reporting

Sunday, May 4, 2008

Can you believe reporters when they write, "studies have shown"?

Stats.org deconstructs the phrase "studies have shown" in reporting on infants fed breast milk versus formula:

... in the increasingly overly-simplified, context-free world of reporting on health, the phrase “studies have shown” is often a formula for telling the reader what the reporter assumes has actually been shown.

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