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Bonanza

I caught a bug somewhere between Portland and Albuquerque, so I’m feeding it hot tea, aspirin, soup and ice cream. With the aim of getting a sympathetic response from my husband, I take my temperature often, but it never even … Continue reading

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Can a walk change your brain?

When reporters write garbage science How do we learn about health? Science? Medicine? Risk? Most of us still learn from our schooling or from the news. Even though traditional journalism has transformed ink to pixels, newspapers and television news get … Continue reading

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Journalistic Schadenfreude

As news broke in February when NBC anchor Brian Williams got caught in a reporting fib, journalists and critics rushed to pass judgment. The New York Times, for example, packed the newspaper with stories and editorials that carved a wide … Continue reading

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Media Bugs

If you study the history of broadcast media effects you’ll find lay publics over-estimate the impact of new technology. Viewers once thought: Film talkies would forever change democracy. Telephones would invade privacy.

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