I have been and always will be somewhat dubious about any “study” being pushed by the media. There are very many things to look at re the study (math, analysis, samples - size yes, but was it truly random, etc.- and more).
And always always remember that our media folks are media folks because science courses were the things that they avoided in university. In fact, they avoided any course that required anything greater than repetition and naivety. That’s WHY they are only the media. They will report anything, anything that’ll grab your eye.
And then half the time, they find some degree of correlation, and just leap directly to causation with no further thought.