Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Note to editors: make sure headline and article say the same thing

The following is one of the headlines on Google News right now. Read the headline, then read the text below it (and the alternate headlines at the bottom).

Eating tomatoes may help prevent some cancers

Food Consumer - 2 hours ago
By Ben Wasserman
A review by the Food and Drug Administration concludes for now that there is little evidence to suggest eating tomatoes and lycopene supplements would reduce risk of many forms of cancers.
Tomato study yields confusing results Canada.com
How Tomatoes Flunked the FDA's Anticancer Test MedPage Today

I love it how the first and last headline completely contradict each other. Is this another example of how the media never seem to be able to report accurately on scientific studies? (See the headline from Canada.com.)

I'll still be eating my tomatoes though...because they are sooo delicious!

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