Are CTE headlines overblown? A radiologist investigates.

A study published in JAMA looking at the brains of former football players donated to a brain bank, a highly selective sample, found signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) — a degenerative neurological disease — in nearly all deceased players examined.

The mainstream media converged towards numerical consensus.

  • Fox News reported players in a study had CTE.”
  • CNN reframed the headline, “CTE found …

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