Hear National Public Radio discuss "junk science" in the June 8, 2015 story What Junk Food Can Teach Us About Junk Science focused on a medical study purposely designed to be junk.
"A little more than a week ago, the study's lead author, Johannes Bohannon, made a startling confession: The study was a hoax! And, what's more, he wasn't Johannes Bohannon — affiliate of the fictional Institute for Diet and Health — but journalist John Bohannon, out to make a point about the media's willingness to uncritically report and promote junk science."
What responsibilities do we have to be CRITICAL evaluators of information?