By Paul Chesser on 5.6.09 @ 2:29PM
Those of us who post to this blog and others in the global
warming debunkification (okay, I made that word up) movement are
used to being ignored — or (usually) politely being humored
first, and then ignored — but this experience from last
week I thought was worth noting in the blogosphere.
Those of us in the global warming debunkification (okay, I made
that word up) movement are used to being ignored — or (usually)
politely being humored first, and then ignored — but I
thought this experience was worth noting in the blogosphere.
Last week the Heartland folks referred a reporter to me from a
Midwestern weekly newspaper, who had some questions about a
greenhouse gas inventory her county was compiling and where she
could expect public policy to go next. I had no idea where her
sentiments were on the issue, but I gave her straight feedback
based upon examples I’d seen elsewhere. What she did with it
after that was up to her, and I did not care much either way what
she did, given my past experience with environmentalist
journalists.
Turns out she sought to do a balanced article, but her editor
would have none of it. I usually like to name names with things
like this, but I assume the reporter wants to keep her job so I
will refrain. This is what she emailed me:
Paul:
Thank you so much for your responses. I did a story, but my
editor removed all references to debate about climate change,
global warming or whatever they are calling it now. He didn’t
tell me, which is unusual when removing such a huge chunk
of a story, but I just discovered it today after it
didn’t appear in our print edition.
It is online, but is not as I wrote it. I’m so sorry. I
will still try to get both sides of all issues out. That’s all
I can do. Thank you, and again, I apologize.
Cross-posted
at Globalwarming.org.
topics:
Global Warming
