From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

Separating truth from fiction in science.

Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

Last year, headlines all over the world claim that eating dark chocolate would help people lose weight.

The story behind the hype was based on science, but it was bad science, passed along by reporters and editors who failed to check out the facts.

How does the public know what to believe?

It's a question as old as journalism, but harder than ever to answer in the age of the Internet.

We'll hear how junk science finds its way into what look like reliable places that just aren't what they seem.

Today's talking point, the very public debut of Caitlin Jenner on the cover of Vanity Fair. First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Warren Alney, back with To the Point. Junk Science is making the headlines as never before so bad that the editor-in-chief of Lancet, one of the world's best-known medical journals, says half of all scientific literature is false. So, who can we trust? Today's talking point, the Olympic decathlon champion, formerly called Bruce Jenner, is now Caitlin Jenner.

How can a rich celebrity help the cause of transgender equality?

First is news update.

Cep Blatter now says he'll resign as president of FIFA, the world-governing body of soccer,

even though he was re-elected last week two days after indictments were handed down against

other FIFA officials.

James Montague covers the sport for World Soccer, CNN, and the BBC World Football Show.

He's author of 3100. James Montague, welcome back to our program.

Good afternoon. How you doing?

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