Comments on: Chapter Ten Excerpt: Missing the Story of the Century http://climateprogress.org/2007/02/19/chapter-ten-excerpt-missing-the-story-of-the-century/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:20:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: jbatch http://climateprogress.org/2007/02/19/chapter-ten-excerpt-missing-the-story-of-the-century/#comment-2869 jbatch Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:04:14 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/02/19/chapter-ten-excerpt-missing-the-story-of-the-century/#comment-2869 As usual, Dr. Romm has hit on a core problem -- the press. We are capable of meeting this challenge, but first, we must know it exists and know the seriousness of it. In the name of balance, truth is lost; in the name of non-partisan reporting, we inch ever closer to hell on earth. At some point facts, accuracy, truth and context have to trump he-said, she-said stenography in our journalistic canon. As usual, Dr. Romm has hit on a core problem — the press. We are capable of meeting this challenge, but first, we must know it exists and know the seriousness of it. In the name of balance, truth is lost; in the name of non-partisan reporting, we inch ever closer to hell on earth.

At some point facts, accuracy, truth and context have to trump he-said, she-said stenography in our journalistic canon.

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