absolutely Roger-
this is pertinent-
http://thedailymailoncologicalontologyproject.wordpress.com/ a blog which
the writer gave up with due to sheer volume about 3 years ago; a huge list
of things the Mail have reported on as either cures for- or causes of-
cancer
CANCER being a great headline to sell papers of course
and it's sadly amusing that many items appear in both lists, one i recall is
that shopping causes cancer but walking (like, er to the shops?) can prevent
it... go figure. The Mail are brillaint at twisting tiny codicils in
scientific papers into plainly wrong headlines, a perferct example of which
is diligently demolished here
http://www.badscience.net/2010/10/the-caveat-in-paragraph-number-19/#more-1826
and which i use in my teaching as an example of why to preferably use
academic papers rather than newspaper headlines as citations
i'm waiting for the study which shows Mail readership is bad for your
health.....
Dave E
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From: "Roger Burton West" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Book of the Law in News 4 wrong reason
> On Sat, Feb 05, 2011 at 09:52:44AM +0000, mandrake wrote:
>>For information - with caveat that
>>for those who don't know it, The Daily Mail , is a UK right wing tabloid -
>>so facts need to be checked -
>
> It's worth bearing in mind that the Mail these days has a habit of
> simply making things up to sell papers, and not doing anything about it
> until sued.
>
> http://tabloid-watch.blogspot.com/search/label/mail for many examples.
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