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January 12, 2013

Fox News' False Balance on U.S. Warmest Year

John Timmer, Ars Technica


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Back in 2010, a memo leaked from Fox News in which its managing editor informed his staff that they couldn't even report on basic temperature measurements without noting they were subject to controversy in some quarters, even if those quarters are out past the fringes of the scientific community. That directive is apparently still in force.

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