{"id":8814,"date":"2012-06-07T02:28:48","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T06:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/collideascape\/?p=8814"},"modified":"2012-06-07T02:28:48","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T06:28:48","slug":"the-bias-in-environmental-reporting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/?p=8814","title":{"rendered":"The Bias in Environmental Reporting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> 
<a href="http://masterfacilitator.com/worldcafefacilitation/">http://masterfacilitator.com/worldcafefacilitation/</a> When reports are issued by environmental advocacy groups, they are invariably taken at face value by environmental journalists. Oftentimes the report&#8217;s methodology and claims aren&#8217;t subject to any critical examination. What usually results are one-sided stories that treat the advocacy group&#8217;s report as gospel.<\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://www.randwickpsychologycentre.com/contact/"></a> A glaring example I&#8217;ve pointed to in the past is this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/2011\/oct\/19\/gm-crops-insecurity-superweeds-pesticides\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a>\u00a0by the Guardian&#8217;s environment editor. It&#8217;s a textbook case of biased reporting.<\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://ramedicare.com/bundle-packs/">https://ramedicare.com/bundle-packs/</a> Last week, similar sub-standard journalism was on display after the Union of Concerned Scientists released this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucsusa.org\/scientific_integrity\/abuses_of_science\/a-climate-of-corporate-control.html\" target=\"_blank\">analysis<\/a> that concluded &#8220;many U.S. companies&#8221; were using their influence to cast &#8220;unwarranted doubt on [climate] science, adding confusion to the policy discussion, and holding back or slowing down action on solutions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://raceflowdevelopment.com/services/">Buy Soma 350 Mg Online</a> Again the Guardian (along with others) was content to merely <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/2012\/may\/30\/companies-block-action-climate-change\" target=\"_blank\">parrot<\/a>\u00a0highlights and talking points from the report. Ron Bailey at Reason, however, did some digging and <a href=\"http:\/\/reason.com\/archives\/2012\/06\/05\/follow-the-pennies\" target=\"_blank\">found<\/a>\u00a0the analysis to have &#8220;severe shortcomings that do not inspire much confidence in the overall accuracy&#8221; of its claims. Now I&#8217;m not holding up Reason magazine as a neutral, disinterested party, but go ahead and read Bailey&#8217;s piece and decide for yourself whether he&#8217;s made the case for those &#8220;severe shortcomings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://dinoeliadis.com/business-plan/"></a> He also notes\u00a0that<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> 
<a href="https://blackhillsballoons.com/team/">Ambien No Prescription</a> the Union of Concerned Scientists asserts in this study that a hallmark of misrepresenting science is &#8220;emphasizing unknowns&#8221; while simultaneously &#8220;ignoring what is known.&#8221; Yet this seems to be precisely the strategy that the UCS [Union of Concerned Scientists] pursues in its\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucsusa.org\/food_and_agriculture\/science_and_impacts\/impacts_genetic_engineering\/environmental-effects-of.html\">campaign against biotech crops<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> 
<a href="https://dentalprovidence.com/veneers/"></a> Ah yes, that double standard on the science when it comes to genetically modified crops. I think groups like the Union of Concerned Scientists are going to have to eventually sort that out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 
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