For the Society of Environmental Journalists, EPA transparency is only a problem when enviros can’t get info out of EPA. Continue reading
Category Archives: Media
Hypocrisy: Enviro Journalist Society calls EPA e-mail scandal ‘totally bogus’; An effort to ‘politically damage EPA’
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Sports reporter replaces Juliet Eilperin on environment desk at the WaPo
The food critic apaprently was overqualified. And who is Lenny Bernstein married to? Continue reading
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Salon hits FoxNews’ Juan Williams for plagiarizing from Center for American Progress; Ignores WaPo’s Juliet Eilperin for ‘lifting’ CAP donor agenda
Fox bad; WaPo good? Continue reading
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Admission: Juliet Eilperin reassigned (suspended?), but not promoted at WaPo
Juliet Eilperin admits that her reassignment at the Washington Post was no promotion. Continue reading
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NYTimes Public Editor: ‘Not convinced… environmental coverage will be as strong’ without recently-axed Green blog
This says something; the Green Blog’s editor has been reassigned to… the Culture department. Continue reading
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Victory: JunkScience forces Juliet Eilperin out of WaPo environment beat
JunkScience has been after her since 2009, with WaPo ombudsman support. No doubt she will deny… just like she did her conflict of interest, until it became too much even for the Post. Continue reading
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Old Gray Lady terminates ‘Green’ blog
Farewell, so long, auf wiedersehen, good-bye to the NYTimes Green blog. Continue reading
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Milbank: ‘McCarthyism 2013′
WaPo’s Dana Milbank accuses Sen. Jim Inhofe of McCarthyism for his factual assertion that Chuck Hagel accused Israel of committing “sickening slaughter.” This is the sort of McCarthyism that Joe McCarthy was accused of — i.e., being correct! Continue reading
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Getting Gored: Michael Mann’s Apocalyptic Prophecies and Al Jazeera’s Green Jihad
Why Al Gore was so impressed with Al Jazeera’s climate coverage. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Media
Grist: The virtues of being unreasonable on Keystone
From Chris Horner via Twitter: “”Nuremburg-style trials” dude upset, apparently NYT journo hasn’t “crossed over into advocacy” (how does one tell?)” Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Keystone XL, Media
ASU prof slams science journalists at AAAS meeting
Unfortunately, G. Pascal Zachary also sees Rachel Carson as some sort of model. Perhaps a model of what not to be like? Continue reading
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Steyer-gate: Billionaire a major supporter of Center for American Progress
Center for American Progress-endorsed Energy Secretary pick nominee Thomas Steyer is also a major financial support of the group. Continue reading
Posted in 44, Green Hypocrisy, Media, The Comrades
Russian meteor explosion injures 950: Flashback — CNN anchor suggests meteor hurtling toward Earth could be a result of global warming
What wil CNN’s Deborah Feyeric say today? Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Media
Washington Post May Cut Its Ombudsman Position
Current WaPo ombudsman Patrick Pexton isn’t worth a fig anyway. Continue reading
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AP Whitewashes EPA’s Defiance of Federal Court Ruling on Ethanol Mandate
“That last sentence is a prime example of a shameful and maddenning media habit: Make something which is an obvious truth look merely like someone’s opinion.” Continue reading
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Juliet Eilperin again fails to disclose conflict-of-interest
Washington Post environmental reporter writer Juliet Eilperin again cites the Center for American Progress and fails to disclose that her husband is a senior fellow there. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Green Hypocrisy, Media
HuffPo’s “5 Tips for Handling Climate Skeptics” implodes
Thanks to Steve Milloy for alerting JunkScience readers earlier today to this 1/16/13 Huffington Post article by Climate Counts Project Director Mike Bellamente. When asked if he attempted to apply his own ‘handling’ tips to people who promote the idea of man-caused global warming, Bellamente said he did. We await to find out how that turned out for him, but let’s go ahead and try that exercise right here, shall we? Continue reading
New York Times Dismantles Its Environment Desk
The reporters were reassigned to the science fiction desk. Continue reading
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Does Juliet Eilperin meet the WashPost standard of disclosure?
Would that question be asked if she did? Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Green Hypocrisy, Media
“Ocean Acidification”: A Sweet or Sour Talking Point FAIL?
There’s the science of man-caused global warming and there are the semantics of the issue. A major global warming talking point label begs for a deeper look into why it has every appearance of becoming an exceedingly inconvenient wipe-out, when it implodes under a simple exercise in common sense. Continue reading
