Reporting science and conflicts of interest in the lay press.

<h4>Background</h4>Forthright reporting of financial ties and conflicts of interest of researchers is associated with public trust in and esteem for the scientific enterprise.<h4>Methods/principal findings</h4>We searched Lexis/Nexis Academic News for the top news stories in...

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Autores principales:	Daniel M Cook, Elizabeth A Boyd, Claudia Grossmann, Lisa A Bero
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/841bd0df021c4eb58d3b9195fb748656
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:841bd0df021c4eb58d3b9195fb7486562021-11-25T06:13:44ZReporting science and conflicts of interest in the lay press.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0001266https://doaj.org/article/841bd0df021c4eb58d3b9195fb7486562007-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001266https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Background</h4>Forthright reporting of financial ties and conflicts of interest of researchers is associated with public trust in and esteem for the scientific enterprise.<h4>Methods/principal findings</h4>We searched Lexis/Nexis Academic News for the top news stories in science published in 2004 and 2005. We conducted a content analysis of 1152 newspaper stories. Funders of the research were identified in 38% of stories, financial ties of the researchers were reported in 11% of stories, and 5% reported financial ties of sources quoted. Of 73 stories not reporting on financial ties, 27% had financial ties publicly disclosed in scholarly journals.<h4>Conclusions/significance</h4>Because science journalists often did not report conflict of interest information, adherence to gold-standard recommendations for science journalism was low. Journalists work under many different constraints, but nonetheless news reports of scientific research were incomplete, potentially eroding public trust in science.Daniel M CookElizabeth A BoydClaudia GrossmannLisa A BeroPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 2, Iss 12, p e1266 (2007)
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description	<h4>Background</h4>Forthright reporting of financial ties and conflicts of interest of researchers is associated with public trust in and esteem for the scientific enterprise.<h4>Methods/principal findings</h4>We searched Lexis/Nexis Academic News for the top news stories in science published in 2004 and 2005. We conducted a content analysis of 1152 newspaper stories. Funders of the research were identified in 38% of stories, financial ties of the researchers were reported in 11% of stories, and 5% reported financial ties of sources quoted. Of 73 stories not reporting on financial ties, 27% had financial ties publicly disclosed in scholarly journals.<h4>Conclusions/significance</h4>Because science journalists often did not report conflict of interest information, adherence to gold-standard recommendations for science journalism was low. Journalists work under many different constraints, but nonetheless news reports of scientific research were incomplete, potentially eroding public trust in science.
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Reporting science and conflicts of interest in the lay press.

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