have been exaggerated, it is the fault of the mass media. Scientists, many think, do their best to accurately present their research, which typically has important limitations and a fair amount of uncertainty. In contrast, journalists tend to sensationalize scientific findings and minimize uncertainty to produce more dramatic and compelling news stories in order to sell copy. 1 They favor imagery over content, cover research as a series of dramatic events, and report on provocative theory as if it were fact. 2 That science journalists typically lack scientific training and hold scientists in awe makes them unlikely to question research findings. Journalists and newspaper editors’ decisions about which studies to discuss and which to ignore have also been shown to influence public opinion. 3 Yet scientists also routinely simplify and sensationalize their own results to attract news media attention, thereby boosting their visibility and attracting funding for their research. 4 So is it journalists or scientists who have produced the received wisdom that Americans are eating themselves to death?
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