Radiological society lifts video games-violence study embargo early after “break,” but abstract was freely available online

In what has become a familiar refrain on Embargo Watch, a scientific society is trying to claim that a news organization that never agreed to the society’s embargo violated its policy because a study was freely available online before the embargo lifted. Here’s a message sent this morning by the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA):

Pediatricians’ group lifts embargo on new cholesterol screening guidelines after AP story runs

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is lifting the embargo on an announcement scheduled for Sunday. From an email that went out a little while ago: