title: [How the media get the blame for everything].
abstract: Scientists, just like everyone else, have to be careful and meticulous in their contact with the media. Journalists do not get it all right all the time, but it is too easy to try to blame them if things do not go as expected.
authors.affiliation: hans@vanmaanen.org
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: van Maanen
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D018156:Journalism, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D008402:Mass Media / Q000592:standards*; D010819:Physician's Role; D011641:Public Relations; D012586:Science