> Sven Littkowski <jam### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
>> Yes, I found out by myself, when reading it. That reporter used a very
>> misleading headline, my apologies for my error.
>
> Beware of science headlines.  Headlines are designed to sell stories, and often
> do not reflect the real story.
>
> This is especially true in science, often made worse because most reporters
> don't understand how science works.  How often have you read about a new killer
> asteroid being discovered, only to read a few days later that the asteroid isn't
> going to hit us after all?  The impression is left of scientists with egg on
> their faces, when the truth is all that happened is that the scientists narrowed
> the error bar after more data came in.  But that's not how the headlines read.
>
> It's especially bad with climate science reporting, due to the political climate
> surrounding this issue.  A temporary /slowdown/ in the /warming/ trend is
> reported as the Earth is cooling off!
>
> Never assume you know even the gist of a science report if you haven't read
> beyond the headline.  And never assume that the science report accurately
> reflects the actual science paper, unless you have read the actual science
> paper!  (I know, it's tough.)
>
>

So true.

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