I was reading this article in the Guardian. The study it refers too looks like it was written by Confounding et al. but there is no link to the study for the reader to check this intuition. It feels like a basic requirement for any journalist writing about science to provide a link to the study they are writing about. Scientists do not give you anonymous tips! This feels particularly egregious given how rife misinformation is in the current media ecosystem.
As a corollary, I hate it when articles (or books) refer to “a study by Harvard” or “a study by Yale”. Mention the authors by name: institutions do not have ideas. The additional benefit is that for an informed reader, the name actually carries signal. A Harvard study, and a study by Francesca Gino from Harvard convey very different information.
Anyways, rant over.
Citation
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author = {Vernet, Antoine},
title = {Pet Peeve: Give Me a Bloody Link},
date = {2025-10-12},
url = {https://www.antoinevernet.com/blog/2025/10/petpeeve/},
langid = {en}
}