How the Media Fuels Health Misinformation | Rina Raphael

How is the media fueling health misinformation--and why? Is it getting better or worse? And what do we need for better science literacy? Journalist Rina Raphael shares what goes on in the newsroom that leads to so much poor health reporting.

This talk was part of the exciting lineup for CSICon 2024. CSICon is the premiere conference in the US for science and skepticism.

This talk took place during CSICon in Las Vegas on October 25, 2024

[inkoftheworld]

journalism is a pillar of democracy it's a shame what's happening now, but her point about the subscribers now being the boss really made a lot of sense what's going on

[CraigGood]

I wish these videos included the slides.

[toni]

Here's a good one. Nina Teicholz: She really put her heart into her work.

[CraigGood]

Handy heuristic: Anything with the word "wellness" on it is bullshit.

(Except, weirdly, for my pasta machine, which is inexplicably called a "wellness".)

[toni]

So little miss expert, you think we should all be back on fashion instead. We're all far too fat to look good now.