Tags: anecdotes over evidence

10/20/2016

NPR falls into the anecdotal trap with story on robotic arm for paralyzed man

2 5/5/2016

Personal anecdotes overwhelm cautionary details in WSJ story on ayahuasca, a Peruvian hallucinogenic concoction

4/27/2016

ABC joins bandwagon, puts rosy spin on stem cell therapy, this time for muscular dystrophy

4/25/2016

NBC story built around one patient’s amazing stroke recovery; skimps on data suggesting result is unusual

6 1/9/2016

Fox story advertises unproven stem cell therapy for COPD

10/9/2015

The blind shall “see”: Fox promotes new visual aid with one woman’s glowing testimonial

4/29/2015

Feel-good story about CPR is long on emotion, short on sobering reality of low success rates

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Monday at #ADA2021, an infectious disease epidemiologist, a journalist, and a researcher shared perspectives on communication of risk in the era of COVID-19: http://ow.ly/ROfR30rMeE7 @AstleyCM @garyschwitzer @berthahidalgo @ADA_DiabetesPro

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Shoutouts to @susan_bewley @drkevinknopf @MichaelBaum11 in this call for more than fawning coverage from press releases for these kinds of stories.

Also, linked history inside goes back 5 years just on Grail apparently trying to become Holy Grail. https://twitter.com/garyschwitzer/status/1408849696416841731

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Here we go again w/more news about “Blood test finds 50 types of cancer.” And here we see again what’s missing from most such news stories. https://www.healthnewsreview.org/2021/06/blood-test-finds-50-types-of-cancer-weve-been-down-this-path-before/

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