Broken Press

413 examples of press incompetence

Posted by @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social •

Good God. The revised the headline and made it in some ways worse. "Here's why it is used" implies there is a good reason. There is not. This head and subhed also now elide the danger--children overdosing--and the culprit: RFK Jr. WTF is wrong with you people?

Vitamin A won’t prevent measles. Here’s why it is used. Supplements will not protect someone from measles, and it is not a substitute for a vaccine, infectious-disease experts said.
Vitamin A won’t prevent measles. Here’s why it is used. Supplements will not protect someone from measles, and it is not a substitute for a vaccine, infectious-disease experts said.
Posted by Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis)@mastodon.social •

No, , you don't write this headline as a question, answering it below. You lead with the truth. This isn't hard. A rewrite:
Vitamin A cannot treat measles but children are overdosing on RFK Jr's anti-vaccination lie.

Can vitamin A treat measles? RFK Jr. suggests so. Kids are overdosing. Vitamin A supplements will not protect someone from measles, and it is not a substitute for a vaccine, infectious-disease experts said.
Can vitamin A treat measles? RFK Jr. suggests so. Kids are overdosing. Vitamin A supplements will not protect someone from measles, and it is not a substitute for a vaccine, infectious-disease experts said.