Why science journalism is suffering

Contrary to the truth that most of them are Jack-of-all-trades, master of none, many journalists tend to harbour a misconception about their own abilities. They have a propensity to believe that they are not only the most well-informed in every imaginable field, but also the most rational thinkers on Earth. They have a rather elevated idea of their own importance and their versatility.Their incurable arrogance and scant respect for the truth, compounded by their sheer ignorance, and the desperation to get hold of catchy headlines, cause them to distort the facts and jump to the wrong conclusion. They are eternally trapped in an air of self-importance, and therefore, perennially suffering from myopic vision. Hence, it becomes the greater responsibility of the scientist to ensure that whenever her/his communication to the journalist about research findings takes the form of a news story, it must not be allowed to go to the press without her/his approval. The contents of the article should be thoroughly checked for accuracy.