This is terrible, because the Fox5 News bring in an doctor to talk about the study a couple of weeks after its initial release. He gets it wrong on the study, but then is right that the risk of an inactive life are worse.
Wisdom is wrong on the facts - the study didn't deal with brain injuries, but rather head injuries and it didn't show that injuries went up but instead that they went down.
It's Fox so they have to twist bicycles to be bad. Late Sunday evening, just after a positive story on increasing bicycle use the new anchor comment something very close to (can't remember exactly) "Yea and we know how much everyone likes them on the roads". Fox always find some way to fuel the anti-bike people.
Posted by: Joe | July 01, 2014 at 04:15 PM
The doctor is a locally infamous hack without relevant scientific credentials, who hawks omega-3 supplements. I'm not at all surprised to see him in this context.
Posted by: Smedley Burkhart | July 01, 2014 at 05:26 PM
Fox needs to read this:
http://www.vox.com/2014/6/16/5814572/the-media-got-it-wrong-bikeshare-programs-dont-increase-head-injuries
Posted by: dynaryder | July 01, 2014 at 06:23 PM
If they actually cared about peoples' safety, they would advocate drastic reductions in car usage...
Posted by: Miles Bader | July 01, 2014 at 08:29 PM
"Washcycle, following Fox News so we don't have to."*
*I used to always say this about The Daily Show, so, depending on your leanings, this can be interpreted as either a compliment or an insult.
Posted by: DE | July 02, 2014 at 08:42 AM
It's worse than that. I have some searches that send me info and this one started with a Daily Caller article. So I'm actually reading Daily Caller so that you don't have to.
Posted by: washcycle | July 02, 2014 at 10:40 AM
Having now actually viewed the segment, I think I will eschew the helmet and carry some menhaden.
Note, I am actually a believer in the brain benefits of DHA and we are such greenies bei uns zu hause, that we buy the algae-derived stuff at an exorbitant price.
Posted by: Smedley Burkhart | July 02, 2014 at 11:27 AM
These days, I am wearing medallions personally blessed by Tim Howard as my talismans.
Posted by: Crickey7 | July 02, 2014 at 02:10 PM
To be fair, in the middle of the segment he said we need better infrastructure, like Europe, and absent that, helmets are a good way to protect our brains ... and following the law. Well, duh.
Posted by: KW | July 02, 2014 at 08:12 PM
They say the local news stations with the highest ratings (the most viewers) are the best ones and the worst ones. Guess which Fox 5 is.
Posted by: Jack | July 06, 2014 at 10:43 PM