Motivated Reporting of Science and Medicine

What is Used in the News What It Pretends To Be

quotes data (measures, scores)
eye witness report professional assessment, opinion
by-stander accounts statistical verification
opinion of interested parties expert objective judgment
getting the quote right verifying the event
looking-in-the-eyes certifying the claim
photograph(s) ipso facto ongoing events
a fact the facts
trend, estimate, some events statistical analysis
pocket survey, odd case representative statistics
short term visits [“hit-&-run teams”] longitudinal studies
professional (society) endorsement peer review process
broadcast, published in media peer review publication
quoting from the media repeating/verifying conclusions
headline research discovery
scoop research breakthrough
condemnation deductive conclusion
dramatize clarify with data
weight of emotion weight of evidence
present persuasively use scientific method
impress, affect, convince inform, elaborate, convince

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