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Inaccuracy in reporting astronomy and science
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post Jan 8 2007, 07:15 PM
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I have just watched the BBC's report on the newly created 3D map of dark matter using Hubble data; and it made my heart sink.

I applaud the BBC for giving airtime to such discoveries, but for such a respected organisation their research was awful.

It's no wonder the vast majority of people are either bewildered or disinterested the the universe as a whole when the facts they are given are completely wrong.

It's a shame that tonight 60 million or so people in the UK and many other people around the world were told Hubble shone a beam of light out into the depths of the universe and studied how it was bent by the gravity of dark matter billions of light years away!

And this was a report from the BBCs science correspondant!

I remain downhearted that perhaps the most important story of the week was reported in such a shoddy manner.

Does anyone else feel space is being let down by TV coverage?


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- As old as Voyager   Inaccuracy in reporting astronomy and science   Jan 8 2007, 07:15 PM
- - nprev   I just googled "cartographic nomenclature con...   Apr 25 2008, 02:30 PM
- - Stu   Slightly OT, sorry, but I thought it might give pe...   May 8 2008, 06:52 AM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (Stu @ May 7 2008, 10:52 PM) Probe ...   May 8 2008, 01:30 PM
|- - Juramike   QUOTE (Stu @ May 8 2008, 01:52 AM) ...   May 8 2008, 03:39 PM
- - Stu   Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww..........   May 8 2008, 01:34 PM
- - djellison   That's in the 'They have the internet on c...   May 8 2008, 03:56 PM
- - nprev   That almost defies belief. You really have to w...   May 9 2008, 12:14 AM
- - edstrick   You SURE she's not the same as the blond big-w...   May 9 2008, 07:30 AM
- - Stu   Seen in a discount bookstore recently... ( People...   May 11 2008, 04:28 PM
|- - Juramike   QUOTE (Stu @ May 11 2008, 11:28 AM) Yes, ...   May 11 2008, 04:41 PM
- - nprev   I don't know whether to laugh or cry. The Oxfo...   May 11 2008, 04:48 PM
- - Stu   The charitable Stu thinks "Printing error, cr...   May 11 2008, 04:50 PM
- - nprev   Uh, gotta go with 'world-weary' here, big ...   May 11 2008, 04:52 PM
- - dvandorn   And here's another example of what this thread...   May 12 2008, 01:40 AM
- - nprev   No...despite this error, be afraid of New Jersey, ...   May 12 2008, 02:03 AM
- - Stu   I showed the "astrology telescope" pic a...   May 13 2008, 07:03 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   Actually Stu we want to hear the post-event pub cr...   May 13 2008, 07:34 PM
- - Stu   Afraid there was no "crawl" to report, n...   May 13 2008, 07:47 PM
- - Gladstoner   .   May 13 2008, 08:05 PM
- - climber   May be this telescope is only limited to Zodiacal ...   May 13 2008, 08:32 PM
- - djellison   Stu and I got into full on ESA ranting mode in the...   May 13 2008, 08:41 PM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (djellison @ May 13 2008, 01:41 PM)...   May 19 2008, 08:46 PM
|- - tedstryk   Has anyone else noticed that the science channel k...   May 21 2008, 03:38 AM
- - nprev   You guys need to take it on the road...let me know...   May 13 2008, 09:32 PM
- - Stu   The only problem with having Doug as a guest speak...   May 13 2008, 09:38 PM
|- - AndyG   Rarely a day passes... Getting the award tonight ...   May 19 2008, 07:59 PM
- - nprev   You gotta be kidding me. (Have to admit I'm ho...   May 21 2008, 03:54 AM
- - Stu   I know I shouldn't laugh at this coverage of t...   May 28 2008, 12:55 PM
- - nprev   Funny, I admit... ...but one does have to wonder ...   May 28 2008, 01:29 PM
- - djellison   BBC News did very well on Monday evening. Phoeni...   May 28 2008, 01:31 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (djellison @ May 28 2008, 02:31 PM)...   May 28 2008, 01:39 PM
|- - Sunspot   QUOTE (djellison @ May 28 2008, 02:31 PM)...   May 28 2008, 01:40 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (Sunspot @ May 28 2008, 03:40 PM) I...   May 28 2008, 01:42 PM
- - Stu   I know, but The Sun isn't really a widely-read...   May 28 2008, 01:34 PM
- - Stu   The other side of the coin is... Quite a few of m...   May 28 2008, 01:54 PM
- - nprev   On the positive side...I e-mailed around the MRO P...   May 28 2008, 02:00 PM
- - remcook   In yesterday's Times: a 2-page article on Phoe...   May 28 2008, 02:01 PM
|- - jasedm   QUOTE (remcook @ May 28 2008, 03:01 PM) I...   May 29 2008, 09:30 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (jasedm @ May 29 2008, 10:30 AM) ...   May 29 2008, 10:07 AM
- - nprev   The Phoenix team has been doing their level best t...   May 28 2008, 02:07 PM
|- - MahFL   Seems Phoenix sunk deep into the ground...... ...   May 28 2008, 02:16 PM
||- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (MahFL @ May 28 2008, 10:16 AM) ...   May 28 2008, 02:32 PM
||- - MahFL   They have everything planned to the last detail, t...   May 28 2008, 03:52 PM
||- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (MahFL @ May 28 2008, 10:52 AM) The...   May 28 2008, 06:35 PM
|- - gndonald   QUOTE (nprev @ May 28 2008, 10:07 PM) The...   May 29 2008, 12:24 AM
- - As old as Voyager   Interested as I am in big engineering stuff, I jus...   May 28 2008, 08:05 PM
- - nprev   Well, case in point, and the reason for expectatio...   May 29 2008, 12:38 AM
- - nprev   ...Somehow, I doubt that the MRO team is in any wa...   May 29 2008, 11:24 AM
- - djellison   Well - at least I did it on purpose.   May 29 2008, 12:17 PM
- - elakdawalla   "Renaissance" sure would be less painful...   May 29 2008, 03:47 PM
|- - paxdan   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ May 29 2008, 04:47 P...   May 29 2008, 09:55 PM
|- - lyford   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ May 29 2008, 07:47 A...   May 30 2008, 12:55 AM
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- - ElkGroveDan   Space shuttle Discovery goes to Mars:   Jun 2 2008, 05:28 PM
- - Stu   Not so much inaccurate as... well, slightly late.....   Jun 5 2008, 06:55 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (Stu @ Jun 5 2008, 02:55 PM) Not so...   Jun 5 2008, 07:13 PM
- - alan   not astronomy but amusing nonetheless Earthquakes...   Jun 21 2008, 08:26 PM
|- - Juramike   QUOTE (alan @ Jun 21 2008, 03:26 PM) No s...   Jun 21 2008, 09:12 PM
- - nprev   I think I'm gonna be very, very, very sick. ...   Jun 21 2008, 08:33 PM
- - nprev   Only if we establish a Moonbase pretty doggone qui...   Jun 21 2008, 09:48 PM
|- - tedstryk   Look at the bright side. At least it isn't li...   Jun 22 2008, 02:23 AM
|- - David   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jun 22 2008, 03:23 AM) ...   Jun 22 2008, 04:54 AM
|- - tedstryk   QUOTE (David @ Jun 22 2008, 05:54 AM) The...   Jun 22 2008, 01:43 PM
|- - David   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jun 22 2008, 01:43 PM) ...   Jun 22 2008, 04:17 PM
- - nprev   Actually, I sort of miss named series of spacecraf...   Jun 22 2008, 12:46 PM
- - dvandorn   Well... some American probes have had names that a...   Jun 22 2008, 03:30 PM
- - dvandorn   Yep -- there are many examples of parallel develop...   Jun 22 2008, 04:30 PM
|- - centsworth_II   And don't forget mama and papa.   Jun 22 2008, 04:48 PM
- - dvandorn   Speaking of how the uneducated human mind responds...   Jun 22 2008, 04:44 PM
- - nprev   Interesting. Way OT, of course, but the Korean wor...   Jun 22 2008, 06:04 PM
|- - tedstryk   What nprev is saying about the term for water is t...   Jun 22 2008, 07:54 PM
|- - David   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jun 22 2008, 08:54 PM) ...   Jun 22 2008, 08:52 PM
|- - tedstryk   QUOTE (David @ Jun 22 2008, 09:52 PM) Ted...   Jun 22 2008, 10:59 PM
- - jasedm   An article in the The Times today boldly asserts t...   Jun 26 2008, 10:09 AM
- - jmjawors   Sometimes even the researchers can contribute to t...   Jun 26 2008, 02:02 PM
- - imipak   The phenomena of "interesting paper in Nature...   Jun 26 2008, 06:36 PM
|- - jasedm   This thread overlaps what's being said on the ...   Jun 26 2008, 09:07 PM
- - Stu   Not so much "inaccurate" as ridiculous.....   Jul 8 2008, 08:33 PM
- - nprev   I concur completely. However, I doubt that Disc...   Jul 8 2008, 08:45 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (nprev @ Jul 8 2008, 04:45 PM) So m...   Jul 8 2008, 09:10 PM
- - Stu   WONDERFUL piece just now on the UK's "NEW...   Jul 16 2008, 09:34 PM
|- - Sunspot   QUOTE (Stu @ Jul 16 2008, 10:34 PM) the ...   Jul 17 2008, 09:56 AM
- - Stu   ... it wasn't, sadly. Oh well, hope some peop...   Jul 17 2008, 05:34 AM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (Stu @ Jul 17 2008, 12:34 AM) ...co...   Jul 17 2008, 06:37 AM
||- - Stu   QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Jul 17 2008, 07:37...   Jul 17 2008, 02:26 PM
||- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (Stu @ Jul 17 2008, 10:26 AM) No, b...   Jul 17 2008, 02:58 PM
||- - Stu   QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Jul 17 2008, 03:58...   Jul 17 2008, 03:04 PM
||- - ugordan   I agree with centsworth_II on this one, "on t...   Jul 17 2008, 03:10 PM
||- - djellison   QUOTE (ugordan @ Jul 17 2008, 04:10 PM) I...   Jul 17 2008, 04:05 PM
|- - Sunspot   QUOTE (Stu @ Jul 17 2008, 06:34 AM) In ot...   Jul 17 2008, 10:00 AM
- - volcanopele   Where can I buy that lamp NASA is using to shine a...   Jul 17 2008, 06:36 AM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Jul 17 2008, 02:36 A...   Jul 17 2008, 06:42 AM
- - djellison   I agree - it's just a turn of phrase - but ...   Jul 17 2008, 07:18 AM
- - remcook   "...lighten up a bit!" shining a to...   Jul 17 2008, 03:24 PM
- - imipak   One for the grammar nazis... I'm including ...   Jul 17 2008, 05:31 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (imipak @ Jul 17 2008, 01:31 PM) .....   Jul 17 2008, 06:28 PM
- - Tesheiner   Not necessarily "bad astronomy" but all ...   Aug 1 2008, 07:49 AM
- - dvandorn   Um, yeah. But to an extent, that's exactly wh...   Aug 1 2008, 03:29 PM
- - ilbasso   I think the 'inferring vs. proving' argume...   Aug 1 2008, 03:44 PM
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