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Re:‘Negative Mass’ Created at Washington State University by TeMPOraL on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @06:31AM (#14096343)
The incentives of university's PR department aren't to provide accurate reporting on what's happening in said university to other scientists; it's to generate "buzz" around the university so that ultimately it gets more money. In this way, it's no better than regular news sources, and thus the quality is more-less the same.
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Re:‘Negative Mass’ Created at Washington State University by dwaltrip on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @12:29PM (#14099237)
But they also do have more of a reputation on the line. Universities are expected to be dignified institutions, moreso than your average news org I would think.
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