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 Blinded by Science – How 'Balanced' Coverage Lets the Scientific Fringe Hijack Reality, by Chris Mooney

Writing in that same journalism publication, prolific freelance science writer Chris Mooney brought the subject closer to home, to the home of those interested in particular in science and especially how climate science is reported in the news. Mooney's offering – "Blinded by Science – How 'Balanced' Coverage Lets the Scientific Fringe Hijack Reality" – was pretty much tailor-made for the ears of those scientists fretting that journalism's traditional commitment to "balance" had tilted the playing field against accuracy and fairness in the reporting of climate science.

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January 17, 2008