Bad “news” articles are everywhere, but sometimes it seems like they are especially bad in archaeology. Bad articles can range from something as simple as the misspelling of a name to articles about how archaeologists recently discovered dinosaur bones in which the “archaeologists” interviewed is actually an “expert” on UFO sightings. Even the best news sources can get it wrong, here is a line from the Guardian,
read more Archaeology and the Press: Part 1- Why does the news get it so, so, so, wrong? | Doug’s Archaeology.
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