Knight-Ridder offers up what is supposedly a straight-news story about the controversy surrounding Michael Crichton's new book, State of Fear. It takes but a few seconds of reading to see which camp the article's author, Seth Borenstein, is in; no attempt whatsoever is taken to provide a balanced view of the controversy. Quick summary: Crichton's opponents are motivated by science, Crichton's supporters are motivated by politics.
Against Crichton, Borenstein lines up "sixteen of 18 top U.S. climate scientists" who disagree strongly with the science in the novel. Only one of the sixteen is identified (a physics professor); no word on who the others were, or what their credentials are ("top" is a subjective term which, roughly translated, usually means those who agree most strongly with one's views), or how they were selected out of the multitude of qualified scientists for interview.
Sigh. Did you know that liberals consider the mainstream media to have a conservative bias?
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Sigh. Did you know that liberals consider the mainstream media to have a conservative bias?
Gee if the mainstream media have managed to make both sides mad does that mean that there is no bias?
I didn't think so either. If there was Err Amerika would have done better.
Tigger
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