Apes descended from Humans – NOT the other way around.

[Dittohead not!]

I think that the media in general needs to approach the way that they report science in an entirely different way. They report the results of a study as though they are what science claims to be true instead of pointing out that a single study does not mean much. the results have to be repeated over and over again before something is taken to be true.

The incompetence of the media is why we are told that eggs are good for us one week, bad for us the next, good for us, bad for us, good for us... and so on and so forth.

Their incompetence leads some people to believe that science is incompetent.

What we get from the media is whatever sells the most air time. You can believe the weather forecast for the next couple of days, at least most of the time. If they report that some idiot ran a stop sign and killed someone, that is generally true, even though they seldom say it just that way. Stick ups, murders, and deranged individuals who beat their children are duly reported. When it comes to science, they have to be careful not to alienate their non scientifically literate audience, as they will change the channel and then buy the soap, cars, or prescription drugs being hawked by someone else instead.