Have you ever read a news article about something interesting science wise but you were questioning the results, the methods or anything like that. Well I have, and I've more than once though, if only I could take a look at the paper. But unfortunately news reports hardly ever come with nicely standardized APA references, or links to the paper at all. Fortunately the BBC aims to change this. Hopefully others will catch on to this trend so we can have clear scientific journalism for all.
Read the full article here: http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2010/10/08/bbc-new-linking-guidelines-issued-science-journals-mentioned/
Ah that is nice indeed! Thanks for sharing. I agree on you, it happens a lot. Just open a random newspaper and you can always find some article that summons questions about the research design, or whether other variables were considered in drawing conclusions. Articles in which statistical results are involved for example, always seem to do magic with the numbers.
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