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Science 15 May 1998:
Vol. 280. no. 5366, pp. 996 - 997
DOI: 10.1126/science.280.5366.996
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SCIENCE AND THE MEDIA:
The Power of the Front Page of The New York Times

Eliot Marshall

Last week, a front-page story in The New York Times triggered widespread reports of a "cure" for cancer, only to be followed by articles in several major newspapers, including the Times, presenting a much more cautious take on the story. This troubling vignette illustrates the binge-and-purge dynamic of some science reporting, in which overenthusiastic initial coverage provokes a surge of negative reports. And many questions remain about the episode, among them why the Times gave such prominence to a story that had already been widely reported--including last year in the Times itself.

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