phd-comics.com got it right years ago. This is how news are relayed from the science community http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive/phd051809s.gif

I've been trying to ward off time travel discussions on facebook since the "ftl neutrino". "We measured X, can you help us find out what is wrong with the experiment" to "omg ftl cars next year!!!" is such a common step