How can reporters get to the 'truth' in science? Sharon Dunwoody says following the 'weight of evidence' avoids bias.
Let me start with an audacious assertion: A major problem confronting science journalists is that they have trouble communicating what's true. Even when competing claims are wildly lopsided - think climate change, for example - science journalists feel that they cannot tell their audience that one of the claims is surviving scientific scrutiny better than others.
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