Fiona Harvey

Thingsbreak has produced a graphic illustration of how lazy journalists mislead in the name of "balance". On right is his colour coding of her story on the NOAA report on the State of the Climate in 2009, with red marking coverage of "Climategate" and contrarians and green marking coverage of the report that the story is ostensibly about. This, from the red coverage, quite takes your breath away: David Herro, the financier, who follows climate science as a hobby, said NOAA also "lacks credibility". Tim Lambert, the blogger, who follows climate journalism as a hobby, says Harvey lacks…