Wilkie T
Lancet. 1996 May 11;347(9011):1308-11. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(96)90947-2.
Journalists' sources of medical and scientific news seem limitless--journals, press releases, press conferences, newsletters, scientific meetings, and "tipoffs". But whether any one piece of information satisfies two important criteria-journalistic interest and scientific credibility-is another matter. Peer-reviewed journals, in particular, are perceived to be trustworthy sources. Yet, there are increasing concerns in scientific publishing about commercial pressures from pharmaceutical companies, honorary authorship, scientific error, and outright fraud, which journalists cannot be expected to detect. That is down to the scientific community, which must recognise the importance of maintaining impartial sources of public information.
记者获取医学和科学新闻的来源似乎无穷无尽——期刊、新闻稿、新闻发布会、时事通讯、科学会议以及“爆料”。但某一条信息是否满足两个重要标准——新闻价值和科学可信度——则是另一回事。尤其是经过同行评审的期刊，被视为可靠的信息来源。然而，科学出版界越来越担心制药公司的商业压力、荣誉作者身份、科学错误以及彻头彻尾的欺诈行为，而这些是不能指望记者去发现的。这要靠科学界，科学界必须认识到维护公正的公共信息来源的重要性。
