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The Bafflegab Critique

Discover how John Fleck dismantles Michael Tobis’s straw man critique of climate change-related journalism.

ByKeith Kloor
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John Fleck clinically demolishes Michael Tobis's straw man critique of climate change-related journalism. Tobis is often a thoughtful blogger but he also suffers from the same journalism-is-failing-us syndrome that afflicts Joe Romm and many other climate advocates.

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