I like to find science news before newspapers and other news media cook it to be more palatable to readers. Why? To begin with, the earlier reports are more likely to be accurate; a newspaper story might become inaccurate when "improved" by the reporter, the editor, and the copy editor.
Also, I don't trust general news media to know what's worth reporting. Is "The White House now has a dog" more important than all the stories which don't get on newspaper front pages? More important than everything which doesn't get reported at all?
And, of course, earlier reports are earlier. Sometimes years or decades earlier.
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