A press release stretches the facts

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Brenda Goodman tells the story of a press release that touted a study on the relationship between concussions and suicide attempts among teenagers. A good source for a topical story on the risks of sports? That's what Goodman and her editor thought, at least until she read the study: "Turns out, though, the research wasn't exactly about concussions. In fact, the word 'concussion' isn't used once in the entire study text, which was published in the journal PLoS One."

April 28, 2014

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