climateprogress.org - 2/25/2009
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The lead climate reporter for the New York Times, Andy Revkin, remains stuck in the he-said she-said school of climate journalism that typifies everything wrong with the traditional media’s coverage of the issue of the century.
Indeed, if we were to apply his analysis to his own work, ...
cjr.org - 2/27/2009
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cjr.org —
Post stands by climate column despite widespread criticism;
clamor spills over to The New York Times...
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The George Will Affair
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 3/2/2009
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George Will lashes out at New York Times
reporter Andrew Revkin for “meretricious journalism” in a column...
today that attempts to justify his significant factual errors but “can’t help making new ones.” But in an interview ...
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Washington Post’s Fred Hiatt Defines George Will’s Lies ...
guardian.co.uk - 2/19/2009
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guardian.co.uk —
Does anyone have a hope of beating John
Tomlinson's fantastic record ? Can the other climate change...
deniers catch up and snatch the beautiful Christopher Booker prize from him before the competition closes on 31 December? Not on current form. I ...
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George Will's climate howlers
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Revkin Beyond the Pale
Only In It For The Gold —
... I am also 100% behind Joe Romm on his take on Revkin's article. Just when you think Revkin is actually performing a service he comes up with this sort of poison. ...
Unstaining Al Gore's good name, Part 1
Grist - the Latest from Grist —
By Joseph Romm In all the hubbub about George Will's falsehood-filled columns and Andy Revkin's equation of Al Gore with George Will in the New York Times, one simple fact has been a largely overlooked: Contrary to Revkin's assertions, Former Vice President Al Gore is not guilty of "exaggeration," let alone "guilty of inaccuracies and overstatements." Having communicated at length with Gore's staff and Revkin, I will show that not only did Gore do nothing worthy of the NYT's criticism, but in fact he ...
Unstaining Al Gore's good name, part 2
Grist - the Latest from Grist —
... In my first post on Revkin (here), I (inartfully) pointed out that Revkin was being unfair to Gore by using the word "possibly" to describe the climate link to extreme weather disasters and by not explaining to the readers that the Belgians had backtracked from the use of the word "probably" in the report Gore had seen. ...
Two Weeks of Intense Climate DialogueOver Columnist George Will’s Flawed Column
The Yale Forum on Climate Change & The Media —
... “. Climateprogress.org 2/25/09 Joe Romm piece, “ NYT’s Revkin embraces false balance, equates Will’s active disinformation with Gore’s effort to understand and communicate climate realism “. Columbia Journalism Review 2/26/09 piece, “ ...
Joe Romm Tries to Shut Down Climate Bill Debate by Attacking Breakthrough Institute
WattHead - Energy News and Commentary —
... of the bill. This analysis was cited by Time Magazine, National Public Radio, Reuters, and the Wall Street Journal. Joe Romm responded to our analysis on Climate Progress yesterday attacking it as "anti-environmental," "anti-climate-action," and a "disinformation rampage," declaring that Breakthrough Institute should be considered "part of the anti-environmental movement." This follows his recent attacks on Greenpeace, Andrew Revkin, and other reputable environmental and climate advocates, as well as a ...
Enough if Enough with Joe Romm's Climate McCarthyism
WattHead - Energy News and Commentary —
... , and Joe Romm is Climate McCarthyite-in-chief. Joe Romm's "Global Warming Deniers and Delayers" play the same role as Joe McCarthy's "Communists and Communist sympathizers." While Romm built a loyal liberal and environmentalist following for attacking right-wing "global warming deniers" -- a designation meant to invoke "Holocaust denier" -- he spends much of his time attacking well-meaning journalists (e.g. here, ...
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