tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post2336387318058457208..comments2024-03-28T14:00:12.372+00:00Comments on Stonehenge and the Ice Age: Archaeology and interpretative inflation — who’s to blame?BRIAN JOHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-1427083208162981242021-07-19T17:15:11.573+01:002021-07-19T17:15:11.573+01:00Thanks Steve. Of course university press offices ...Thanks Steve. Of course university press offices play a role in “selling” research results — real or imagined — to the world. But no academic should ever accept that a Press Office can issue a press release which is not first read by the lead author and formally approved for release. The buck stops with the author. They can’d wriggle out of it………..BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-59007835182084931542021-07-19T14:21:25.860+01:002021-07-19T14:21:25.860+01:00University press offices have to accept responsibi...University press offices have to accept responsibility for spin, too. Some are much better than others at reporting research results objectively and without resort to hype. Two of the worst, in my experience, are the press offices of UCL and, I'm sad to say, the Open University.Steve Potternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-9232478706901117972021-07-17T23:00:34.908+01:002021-07-17T23:00:34.908+01:00Please put this into your Facebook site too.that w...Please put this into your Facebook site too.that will enable it to be shared beyond your own Blog, of course. There are so many Luddites who are virtually Flat Earth proponents when it comes to the Stonehenge Bluestones!Tony Hinchliffenoreply@blogger.com