The Science Media Centre is an organisation which formed following the United Kingdom House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology's third report on "Science and Society" in 2000.
This report stated that while science was generally reported accurately in the mass media, there was a need for the promotion of more expert information at times when science is under attack in the headlines.
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