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Andrew Revkin, New York Times

Hypocrites Of The Day



Here's a hypothetical: The media is in possession of emails between private citizens that proved Bush-Cheney officials were perpetuating falsehoods in order to have legislation passed that they knew would be detrimental to the country, but many of their friends would make billions from.

Now, reality...
With the release of hundreds of emails by scientists advocates of global warming showing obvious and entirely inappropriate collusion by the authors--including attempts to suppress dissent, to punish journals that publish peer-reviewed studies casting doubt on global warming, and to manipulate data to bolster their own arguments--even the New York Times is forced to concede that "the documents will undoubtedly raise questions about the quality of research on some specific questions and the actions of some scientists."
What would the New York Times do?
Apparently the paper's environmental blog, Dot Earth, is taking a pass on publishing any of the documents and emails that are now circulating. Andrew Revkin, the author of that blog, writes,
The documents appear to have been acquired illegally and contain all manner of private information and statements that were never intended for the public eye, so they won’t be posted here.
This is the position of the New York Times when given the chance to publish sensitive information that might hinder the liberal agenda. Of course, when the choice is between publishing classified information that might endanger the lives of U.S. troops in the field or intelligence programs vital to national security, that information is published without hesitation by the nation's paper of record. But in this case--the documents were "never intended for the public eye," so the New York Times will take a pass.
It's assuring to know the New York Times operates within the boundaries of journalistic ethics, consistency, and integrity.

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