Saturday, September 22, 2012

PBS False Balance Hour - What's Up With That?

Unfortunately I haven't had any time for this blog - but since SkepticalScience.com recently posted an article that does a nice job of exploring the manipulation and deception 
(my words, not their's!) Anthony Watts is guilty of and that inspired this blog to begin with I will take advantage of SkS's generous public offer to reprint their article in full (http://www.skepticalscience.com/watts-pbs-newshour.html).

As for PBS, in another example that "money don't talk, it screams" apparently the agenda driven anti-science Heartland Foundation has become advisors to PBS news programming.  What the hell is up with that?

(for more on PBS HewsHour's tenancy for false balance also visit:
 http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/05/03/476724/false-balance-on-climate-change-at-pbs-newshour/ )

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