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Wednesday, December 8th 2010, 7:05 AM EST
You can divide people into two categories: those who learn from their mistakes and those who don't. There is no third category: we all mess up from time to time.
You can divide people into two categories: those who learn from their mistakes and those who don't. There is no third category: we all mess up from time to time.
Journalism is a mistake waiting to happen. With tight deadlines, big rewards for shock and awe and small rewards for methodical, less spectacular work, with an inverse relationship between volume and truth in public life, reporters tend to stumble from one accident to another.
The only hope journalists have of retaining any kind of self-respect is to question themselves repeatedly, ask whether they are being manipulated and whether they are seeing the whole story. So where does this leave David Rose?
I don't want to credit the media with more power than it has, but from time to time it is pivotal to public policy. One such moment was the build-up to the Iraq war. The UK might not have joined Bush's war if it didn't have broad support from the press, and particularly from sections of the liberal press.
The Observer was more influential in the build-up to the war than any other outlet, as the position it took – strongly in favour – was so unexpected. Its editorial line caused huge ructions within the paper and plenty of conflict with journalists at its sister-paper the Guardian (I'm painfully aware of this, having had a shouting match with the Observer's then political editor, Kamal Ahmed, in the building's stairwell). It also emboldened some wavering Labour MPs and helped Tony Blair make his case.
Wednesday, November 24th 2010, 8:36 AM EST
Cross-posted from the
Wonk Room.
In a recent op-ed in Washington Post, Bjorn Lomborg argued that efforts to reduce global warming pollution can wait, because "coping with climate change is something we know how to do." To bolster that claim -- which goes against the consensus of practically every scientific body in the world -- Lomborg cited "the fact that the best research we have -- from the United Nations climate panel -- says that global sea levels are not likely to rise more than about 20 inches by 2100." Lomborg concluded that "fears of a supposedly imminent apocalypse threaten to swamp rational debate about climate policy"........
........Because Washington Post editorial editor Fred Hiatt did not bother to fact-check Lomborg's column, the Wonk Room took on the task. We chose to test the new Climate Science Rapid Response Team, a scientist-run initiative to link top climate scientists with the media officially launched today. After we submitted questions about Lomborg's claims to the team, we received comprehensive answers from three top climate scientists within 48 hours, even though we made our inquiries before the official launch.
In separate email interviews (the scientists also offered to conduct phone interviews), the Carnegie Institution Department of Global Ecology's Ken Caldeira, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Josh Willis, and Rutgers University's Alan Robock independently confirmed that Bjorn Lomborg had misrepresented the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) report.
Monday, November 22nd 2010, 12:44 PM EST
Rapid response website to improve public understanding of global warming, while Republicans speak out against party line.
The fight is on. After a year of attacks, climate scientists in America today launch a new website (SEE ABOVE) aimed at closing the gap between scientific knowledge and public understanding of global warming.
Click source to read more!!! What next!!!!!!!!
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