UPDATE:
Do check out the dynamic comment thread, where Andy Revkin makes a confession (and also a tart observation on journalistic peer review); John Fleck calls out a frequent critic of the science press; and Judith Curry corrects some blogospheric "misconceptions" of the media's coverage of climate issues.
Let me make this quick, because according to Joe Romm, your eyeballs are already starting to wander:
As I've noted many times, a lot of people don't actually get far past the headline and subhed.
So, are you ignoramuses still with me? Now a common refrain on Romm's blog is that the mainstream media is just drop-dead dumber than dumb when it comes to reporting and writing on climate change. At least once a week he calls attention to another supposed foul-smelling abomination (in a subhead, of course):
Worst News Article Ever Published on Global Warming?
Many climate advocates and climate scientists ...
