Daniel Engber at Slate examines reports on a "five-second rule" study and decides British writers did a poor but forthright job: "Yes, they described fake studies conducted by disreputable scientists, and they used the data [to] promote a product. But they were honest about it. Almost every story announced its lack of quality without shame or serious effort at deception." He's less charitable toward U.S. media on the story. Deborah Blum comments.
