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Asymmetric Journalism

I wrote about The Brouhaha Over the Science a month ago, saying, among other things, that the premise, as posited in a particular “NY Times” article, that there are “two sides in the climate-change debate” is way off the mark.  There is deep, broad and unequivocal science that has long since ended any reasoned contention that dangerous anthropogenic interference (DAI) with the climate system is not a stark reality.

I want to cite a really fine letter in the “NYT” this week in response to another article, Scientists Becoming Active in Defending Climate Data.  The writer, William Scott, says “In the apparent interest of balanced reporting, equal voice is too often given to those whose opinions have no demonstrable basis in fact.”  Way too often, William.  Read the whole letter, folks.  It’s a winner.

 

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Bill Hewitt

Bill Hewitt has been an environmental activist and professional for nearly 25 years. He was deeply involved in the battle to curtail acid rain, and was also a Sierra Club leader in New York City. He spent 11 years in public affairs for the NY State Department of Environmental Conservation, and worked on environmental issues for two NYC mayoral campaigns and a presidential campaign. He is a writer and editor and is the principal of Hewitt Communications. He has an M.S. in international affairs, has taught political science at Pace University, and has graduate and continuing education classes on climate change, sustainability, and energy and the environment at The Center for Global Affairs at NYU. His book, "A Newer World - Politics, Money, Technology, and What’s Really Being Done to Solve the Climate Crisis," will be out from the University Press of New England in December.



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the policy, politics, science and economics of environmental protection, sustainability, energy and climate change

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