In fact, that’s exactly what he did Wednesday, in a story for io9 that’s gone viral. Bohannon, a science journalist who also has a Ph.D., lays out how he carried out an elaborate hoax to expose just how easily bad nutrition science gets disseminated in the mainstream media.
As a journalist who still consumes financial, political and diet stories, this was particularly worthwhile. I know how hard legitimate journalists works to ‘get it right.’ Sadly, there are some folks who call themselves journalists who are anything but.
Kudos to Mr. Bohannon.
Tony
Earlier this spring, headlines around the world trumpeted an exciting bit of news that seemed too good to be true: “Eating chocolate … can even help you LOSE weight!” as Britain’s Daily Mail put it.
From India to Australia and Texas to Germany, news organizations shared findings published in the International Archives of Medicine in late March.
The problem? The study they were based on was pure junk. And the person behind it, John Bohannon, would be the first to tell you that.
In fact, that’s exactly what he did Wednesday, in a story for io9 that’s gone viral. Bohannon, a science journalist who also has a Ph.D., lays out how he carried out an elaborate hoax to expose just how easily bad nutrition science gets disseminated in the mainstream media.
Diet science, Bohannon stresses, is still science – and reporters need to know how to cover it. “You have…
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