[versteegen]

I'm one of those people. But it's mainly various reporters I'm angry at, for misreporting and hyping up the story. I saw none of what you wrote in the news.

And well, this really doesn't seem like a very viable path to a power plant, though I'm all for more fusion research.

[leephillips]

I wouldn’t be angry at the reporters. They don’t come up with this stuff by themselves. LLNL has a staff dedicated to public relations¹. The insertion of misleading phrases and ideas into news articles is a longstanding, deliberate practice.

[1] https://www.llnl.gov/news/media-contacts