I think this is the reason why articles about recent research in 99% of cases don't cite the research itself past something vague like 'Researchers from Harvard University have discovered..'.
It's maddening when you then have to look for the paper using the article's few hints, but usually turns out that the paper's claims are far more careful/'smaller scale' than the news article's claims.
If researchers in a university lab in China do something, the attribution might just be ‘China has invented…’
The next time you roll your eyes at the nonsense a White House press secretary says at a podium, remember that overseas it might just get reported as “The United States today announced…”
It's maddening when you then have to look for the paper using the article's few hints, but usually turns out that the paper's claims are far more careful/'smaller scale' than the news article's claims.