Episode 04 · ~5:30
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How a shaky study becomes a confident headline.
"Trace one finding from journal to your feed. Most health-news exaggeration is baked into the university's own press release. A three-question filter to defuse any 'new study finds' post."
Timestamps
- That alarming headline
- Where the exaggeration starts
- The three-question filter
Resources mentioned
Take-aways
01The hype is often upstream of the journalist.
When the press release overstated, the news did too — 58% vs 17%.