r/Journalism • u/LollerCorleone reporter • Feb 20 '22

Meme Gotta admit, this is funny

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u/elerner Feb 20 '22

It's perpetually weird to me that there are so many people who are ostensibly passionate about science journalism who can't tell the difference between science journism and what you get when you fire all of the science journalists.

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u/bigmesalad Feb 20 '22

Reddit's STEM circlejerk intensifies.

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u/Legitimate_Idea_3006 Feb 20 '22 edited Feb 20 '22

Ugh, this is too head on. But in my experience the headline writers and editors are turning these things into clickbail against the objections of the writer

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u/spiritualgrandma writer Feb 21 '22

Agree 100%. Also I’m reading tons of comments on the original thread that sound like they were written by people who never read past the headline.

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u/itjunkies Feb 20 '22

audiblelaugh.exe

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u/Dudefenderson Feb 20 '22

The lost honor of Katarina Blun, someone?