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Review
. 2007 Oct;8(10):815-20.
doi: 10.1038/nrg2201.

How geneticists can help reporters to get their story right

Celeste M Condit  1
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How geneticists can help reporters to get their story right

Celeste M Condit. Nat Rev Genet. 2007 Oct.

Abstract

Many geneticists are disgruntled with the coverage of genetics in the mass media, yet geneticists themselves have a part to play in improving that coverage. This article aims to help geneticists to do so by explaining the forces that shape science news. It provides some specific options for reducing hype, countering genetic determinism and preventing the use of genetics to reinforce discriminatory messages, slants that many reporters are inclined to give to their articles.

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