Passion of the Scold

Another day, another screed from Joseph Romm. Joe, do you have any idea how shrill this latest broadside against the New York Times sounds? Yes, there is legitimate debate to be had over the merits of comparing Al Gore to George Will, which is what science reporter Andrew Revkin does in thisTimes piece published today. But your main debating points are lost in a blizzard of 1) meandering digressions on previous Revkin stories that supposedly contain factual errors; 2) inane, childish posturing on the use of "imperfect" word choices (in which you basically say, I'll cop to it, but Andy won't...) and, finally 3) silly asides ("Revkin owes Gore an apology"). Some bloggers, such as my colleague Tom Yulsman, are aghast at Romm's nasty and crude tone, while others, like David Roberts at Grist, are perhaps telegraphing a cryptic message of disapproval. I think Romm is just driven batshit by ...