Guest Essay by Kip Hansen Science journalism is hard to get right. There is the constant struggle to clearly explain one’s topic without over-simplifying or misrepresenting by dumbing-down the…
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Weaponizing ‘The Science’
Pielke Jr. argues like this: “The notion of consensus-as-truth has been operationalized in various forms: journalistic “fact checkers,” academic “misinformation” researchers, and content moderation on social media platforms. The practical…
Getting ready for another destructive Atlantic hurricane season?
“… many of the other ingredients for a destructive hurricane season are related to human-caused climate change. Hotter ocean water and hotter air create perfect conditions for hurricanes to form,…
Following the Money: Covering Climate Now
“It is difficult to discover who is really paying all the expenses for staff salaries, web site hosting, story writing, outreach and all the other expenses inherent in a large,…
The Climate Propaganda Cabal
“For God’s sake, do not platform climate denialists. … there is no longer any good faith argument against climate science—and if one accepts the science, one also accepts the imperative…
Finally, Something Appropriate to Do with the Climate Section of the NY Times!
The New York Times, once one of the world’s leading newspapers, has finally realized that there must be something worthwhile to gain from subscribing to the paper version of their…
Strange Galactic Science
Many of the fields of Science practiced today seems to have veered off into some kind of Alternative Universe – some kind of “Science from a far and very different…
The Media is Now Opinion-Checking
Today, university campuses are the locus of a new, and sadly misguided movement, the Anti-Free Speech Movement. Some refer to it as “Cancel Culture”, which is ill-defined, but in essence,…
Amazon Fires Update
News Brief by Kip Hansen The news channels, newspapers, news sites and the Twit-o-verse are full of “the Amazon is burning!” some of this was covered in here as…
A National Narrative for Media on Climate Change
Guest Opinion by Kip Hansen Those of you who closely watch the media — newspapers, broadcast & streaming news, national magazines, national public radio — may have noticed that…
Magical Plastic
News Brief by Kip Hansen Plastics are as much in the news as climate change, and hold the same honored place as a universal scapegoat — an item so odious…
AAAS Apologizes — Rightfully So
Brief by Kip Hansen American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has apologized for emailing out a fund-raising promotion that was misleading and apparently politically motivated — that is,…
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