[thatguy0900]

Must be incredibly frustrating to be a researcher and see the media absolutely butcher things you worked on

[Someone1234]

"The media?" Isn't this a press release from their own University?

[serf]

there is usually a separate department that does that kind of release.

the author is listed as a 'Freelance editor and writer and content provider for Stanford University' on LinkedIn, assuming it's the right 'Andrew Meyers from Stanford'.[1]

[1]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-myers-0275b47

[manquer]

The PR dept butcher is what you mean, this is a internal press release.

I won't necessarily assume that it was really a PR /media debacle, I have seen researchers encourage such reports for exposure / project funds etc.

After all we wouldn't really be discussing this if not the overblown title.