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Press releases inadequate source for science reporting
Bindee Kuriya, et al., Quality of Pharmaceutical Industry Press Releases Based on Original Research, PLoS ONE, July 30, 2008. From the abstract:
Background: Press releases are a popular vehicle to disseminate health information to the lay media. ... [W]e sought to systematically examine pharmaceutical company press releases about original research for measures of quality.Comment. One such method should be to ensure that journalists (and the public) have access to the unfiltered, original research. |