Churnalism
Sensible Medicine is a Substack newsletter for people interested in medicine, health policy, outcomes, human biology, drug development, translational science, medical ethics, and science communication.
One popular series on the site has focused on churnalism. We define churnalism as careless, incurious reporting of poorly done biomedical research. Churnalism trades the real story — why a study is unimportant or proves something other than it contends — for the easy headline. Sensible Medicine began its coverage of churnalism with a series of introductory articles. Occasional articles have since appeared when media coverage warrants.