It Has Been Said That Popular Science Is Much More Than Trivial Rubbish

Synthesis task
Question: It has been said that popular science is little more than trivial rubbish. What is your view?
Essay:
Popular science has been widely integrated into our lives that we see and hear them every day. From newspaper articles, to radio commentaries, to even billboards heralding the successes of scientific experiments, we are now bombarded with information with regards to the science world. From there on, two camps emerged. On one side of the argument, people have exclaimed that popular science is essential in our lives as they provide us with important information that may aid us in our research and our understanding of the world. The opposition however argued that popular science is just rubbish, a mixture of lies and exaggeration
As Kachakov states, “What is completely unforgivable, however, is using science as a propaganda and money-grabbing tool—governments do this with environmental science, anti-religious scientists do this with physics and evolutionary biology, and the public (with its weird notion of what science is) has no defense against these dark arts.” (Kozachkov, 2013) With many competing newspaper companies and journal firms in the industry, each company would seek to produce the article in the fastest time available such as to generate the maximum revenue available. As Source B illustrates, “Faced with tight deadlines, many journalists may place an unwarranted degree of trust in the press releases and newswires they receive” (Ladle, 2005), we could tell that that journalists simply do not have the time to double check their references, and instead are being forced to churn out an article in the shortest time available, which may lead to misrepresentation of facts, which in turn equates to rubbish news. This therefore shows a worrying trend as trivial articles are being published to tailor to the needs of specific. Therefore, the news published may not be true indications of what the scientists actually meant as they have been distorted and “modified” for quick commercial
It may even lead to deaths of individuals who did not bother to find out whether are the news trustworthy, as seen in the Pfitzer neurotin drug case. Companies who care only for revenue may rush out articles to increase their profit and therefore, misrepresent facts, such as to attract their desired audiences. Indeed, one can argue that popular science seeks to educate, but education should be well rounded and both issues should be considered before a consensus is made. Articles which present both sides of arguments are