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It’s call the Science Media Centre can they public short (2-4 paragraph usually) responses to new research publications by experts in the field. They are aimed at journalist but a nice overview of the strengths and weaknesses of the research. I’ve only been reading reading them for a couple of week but, so far, they seem really good.

  • vegivamp@feddit.nlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It’s like the Reddit comment section - if they only allowed civilized people in who actually know what they’re talking about 😁

    I really appreciate that it’s not just one take, but several experts get their own summary, and bring their own concerns and interpretations to the front as well. That makes for a nuanced view in just a few paragraphs.

    Thank you for this post, I’ve already bookmarked the link and I think this is the most useful post I’ve read this year 💜

  • nostalgia_for_infinity@kbin.social
    1·
    1 year ago

    EDIT 2: I think it’s primary sources. Sounds like they reach out to experts themselves. It just seems weird reading a page of 5 quotes from experts with no sources… If Science Media Centre is trusted then this is a pretty good resource.

    EDIT: It could be everything they post are primary sources. I need to read a bit more on this to be sure.

    It sounds like a nice idea but I can’t see sources on those quotes, making it essentially untrustworthy.

    For instance, I have trouble finding the first comment of this topic. The comment by “Prof Andy Smith, visiting worker, MRC Toxicology Unit, University of Leicester”.

    I can’t stress how useless this is without being able to source the quotes. As far as I’m concerned this is literally fake news.

    Has anyone managed to find sources for the comments?