Treehugger wrote: >http://opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=95000606
These guys... Just another mediocrity distinguished mainly by his arrogance and pomposity. How can you tell? Just watch them blame the media! - 99% of the time it's them, not the poor old meeja. And, as opposed to whom, what does he blame? The meeja? No, not at all - "As usual, far too much public attention was paid to the hastily prepared summary rather than to the body of the report." And who prepared the summary with such unseemly haste? The media? Nope. The media aren't competent to handle science? Other way round. These guys actually expect journos on daily or hourly deadlines to wade through their turgid crap? And if only they did they'd get it right? I have long experience as a science editor, among other things, and that idea is (a) pretty endemic in the science world but seldom heard from excellent scientists, and (b) just makes me laugh. Lots of little emperors, damn' little clothing. He really didn't realise that the report bore heavy political implications and would obviously be subject to a media rush, and quite right too? He's that naive/dumb? Prediction: in two years' time he'll be saying very patronisingly about what he himself said two years previously: "Of course we know now..." So I wouldn't agree or disagree with what he says, I'd just disregard it completely. And probably view the report itself with added suspicion. Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo http://journeytoforever.org/ Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
