Vulture journalism in medical reporting – Has the Lancet become a rag newspaper?

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In my choice of launching the column with an article on predictive genetic testing, I was inspired by my work in the fi eld of Huntington’s disease. It often led me to think of how I would behave and what decisions I would choose if I were at risk of this fatal disease. The topic also seemed appropriate because of the debate on preimplantation genetic diagnosis at the German Parliament (Bundest...

Reasoning has become a luxury

It is being talked about all over the world; an editorial in the Economist of 19 October 2013 entitled " How Science Goes Wrong " reports a dramatic decline in the quality of scientific publications. Research has changed the world, now it needs to change itself, the subheading reads. The detailed report is based on facts which are difficult to disprove; an example being a Harvard biologist, Joh...

Modern Medical Journalism

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American Journalism and the Decline in Event - Centered Reporting

The definition of news has changed in the 20th century. Content analysis of the traditional five Ws in three American newspapers found that stories grew longer, included more analysis, expanded from specific locations to broader regions, placed more emphasis on time frames other than the present, and named fewer individuals and more groups, officials, and outside sources. These trends affected ...