Science Journalism is specialized genre and reporters should have a good grounding in the sciences. They should also realize that scientists also make silly and stupid mistakes and watch for them. Here is a good example:Instant Cosmic Classic' Supernova Discovered
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| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 26, @08:52 (Space)
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| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/1236202/Instant-Cosmic-Classic-Supernova-Discovered?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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chill sends this quote from a news release by the Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory: "A [0]supernova discovered yesterday is closer to
Earth — approximately 21 million light-years away—than any other of its
kind in a generation. Astronomers believe they [1]caught the supernova
within hours of its explosion, a rare feat made possible with a
specialized survey telescope and state-of-the-art computational tools.
'We caught this supernova very soon after explosion. PTF 11kly is getting
brighter by the minute. It’s already 20 times brighter than it was
yesterday,' said Peter Nugent, the senior scientist at Berkeley Lab who
first spotted the supernova. ... the supernova is still getting brighter,
and might even be visible with good binoculars in ten days’ time,
appearing brighter than any other supernova of its type in the last 30
years."

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Links:
0. http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/08/25/supernova/
1. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/08/25/astroalert-type-ia-supernova-in-m101/
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS REPORT? OUR SCIENCE DISCOVERER TELLS US THAT THEY DISCOVERED THE EXPLOSION WITHIN HOURS OF IT HAPPENING. DUH! HOW DID THEY GET 21 MILLION LIGHT YEARS AWAY AND BACK AGAIN TO TELL US THIS IN LESS THEN A WEEK? THESE GUYS ARE SO WARPED THEY THINK THAT THEY HAVE A SPECIAL WARP DRIVE AND ARE NOT AFFECTED BY THE LIMITS OF THE SPEED OF LIGHT NOR TIME NOR ANYTHING. TRULY SOMEONE YOU SHOULD BE VERY CAREFUL CREDITING AND QUOTING.