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<p>Naw1423: </p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1295<br /> | date = November 25, 2013<br /> | title = New Study<br /> | image = new_study.png<br /> | titletext = When the results are published, no one will be sure whether to report on them again.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete}}<br /> Another of Randall's jabs at modern news networks. Also a play on the joke that &quot;87% of statistics are made up on the spot&quot; (which is itself completely fictitious). This joke has most famously been referenced by the [http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2008-05-08/ May 8, 2008 Dilbert comic strip].<br /> <br /> This is probably inspired by the July 2011 hoax study which correlated {{w|Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and Browser Usage}}, specifically that Microsoft Internet Explorer users had a significantly lower I.Q. than other users. The study was reported by over 30 news outlets including NPR, ''Forbes'', CBS News, ''San Francisco Chronicle'', ''The Inquirer'', and ''CNN''. The perpetrator made little effort to conceal the deception by publishing it on a freshly created domain name with a parking lot as the corporate address, and was surprised that so many reputable outlets did no fact checking.<br /> <br /> More recently, [http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/10/131003-bohannon-science-spoof-open-access-peer-review-cancer/ Fake Cancer Study Spotlights Bogus Science Journals].<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :Reporter: ...And in science news, according to a new study, 85% of news organizations repeat &quot;new study&quot; press releases without checking whether they're real.<br /> {{comic discussion}}</div>

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