Step outside pandemic news coverage for a moment and get re-introduced to incredible hype of non-pandemic news. MIT Technology Review posted this headline: In the article, the CEO of the biotech company doing the study was quoted saying: “If this works and is safe, this is the answer to heart attack—this is the cure,” Those …

A New York Times newsletter headline writer tried to be cute:   No, it’s not so simple. And, no, the study did not find that those who drank moderate amounts of coffee have a lower mortality risk than non-coffee drinkers. That is a cause-and-effect statement, and this observational study didn’t find that, didn’t prove that, …

Breaking News! What does that mean?  Besides sinking to the level of the old TV news style of “If it bleeds, it leads” newscasts. But the New York Times trotted out that tired old trope by tweeting, “Breaking News: A brain implant allowed a fully paralyzed man to communicate using his thoughts, a newly published …

The Star Tribune newspaper reports: Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins is on the COVID-19 reserve list after testing positive for COVID-19 and will miss Sunday night’s game against the Packers. … From the Star Tribune website   Cousins, who is unvaccinated, was placed on the COVID-19 reserve list as a close contact early in training camp …

My productivity dropped off for a number of reasons in 2021, but here are my five best blog posts from a smaller than usual total overall. Top spot Cure for Type 1 diabetes? We’ve been down this road before with NY Times.  Key excerpt: “It is the framing and the emphasis of the journalism by …