Abd ul-Rahman Lomax <a...@lomaxdesign.com> wrote: > > http://www.wired.co.uk/news/**archive/2012-09/14/cold-fusion<http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-09/14/cold-fusion> >> > > With friends like this, who needs enemies? >
> . . . 1. NiH reactions are not scientifically established. The article > does distinguish between Rossi et al and other "more scientific groups," > but then essentially makes them seem similar. Celani is reported, but ... > Celani has not been confirmed. > I agree with your critiques, but this is all you can expect from the mass media. Apart from "60 Minutes" and a few others, mass media reporters never do their homework. They never get their facts straight. That is true of other subjects too. Read a mass media account of just about any subject you know well, and you will see that the account is a mish-mash of mistaken impressions. In a sense though, you can't blame mass media reporters. They are trying to accomplish the impossible. They are trying to understand a huge range of subjects well enough to write about them intelligently. I would never attempt to describe all the different subjects a science reporter is expected to cover. If I were ordered to describe things like medical breakthroughs, the details of global warming and atmospheric science, or cutting edge particle physics, the only honest account I could give would be: "I cannot grasp this subject well enough to write a balanced, informative description of it." You can't sell magazines when that's all you have to say. - Jed
