Pinchy

Saw a blurb on CNN this morning about the 22-lb. lobster. Each time they mentioned his age, they said he was 100-years-old.

Which means they did absolutely no research, because the only people estimating he's 100 are those that stand to profit from him being 100. Biologists estimated 30-50-years-old.

This isn't a huge deal, but it's indicative of the larger issue of many a media taking things at face value with no follow up. Simply stating his age as 100 because someone said so, that someone having a direct interest is his age being greater whilst having no clue about biology is sort of like Coca-Cola estimating that Diet Coke tastes "awesome".