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MORE CONTEXT ON THE INHOFE HYPE: CJR Daily References Framing Science as Source in Reaction to Senator's Attack on the Messenger

By nisbetmc on October 2, 2006.

Last week, the online news section of the Columbia Journalism Review ran this very useful reaction to Senator Inhofe's attack on journalists covering global warming, referencing the analysis posted here.

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Both links are to the same page, your Inhofe discussion.

By SkookumPlanet (not verified) on 02 Oct 2006 #permalink

Actually, it was a load of crap. It repeated lies like "Most of his tirade was based on the MSM's coverage of alternating scientific predictions of global warming and cooling over the last 100 years." (referring to Greg Easterbrook). It didn't mention the fact that the MSM had given very nearly balanced coverage to the scientific consensus, and a small band of dissenters. It didn't mention the 'think tanks' which have spent considerable effort casting doubt upon the science.