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Investigations into research misconduct cost US institutions more than US$110 million per year, estimates a study published this week. But experts contacted by Nature question whether calculating the cost of investigation is the right way to measure the impact of research misconduct.
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$110,000,000.
How does that compare to, say, fact-checking at broadcast news networks?
I don't know. They should get some estimates and try doing it for a while!
But that would create a hostile work environment for the on-air talent...