I completely agree, again the more I speak here I realise my issue is more with how information is "branded". When it comes to tech or any innovation, I'm all for it. I just want to see it tested and presented in an honest way so that if there are consequences or side effects; people know and can make an informed decision.
Oh my god, yes. This annoys me so much.
My field is medicine. An important study came out a few days ago that shows that adrenaline, which is used as part of advanced life support algorithms, resulted in a significantly higher survival rate but
no significant difference in the rate of favourable neurological outcome. This has been reported with the following headlines, neither of which are true:
Cardiac arrest resuscitation drug has needlessly brain-damaged thousandsRoutine treatment for cardiac arrest doubles risk of brain damage studyThese headlines are completely designed to bring in clicks and views at the expense of accuracy. It happens all the time - journalists don't care about the truth, they care about how many viewers/readers they can get.