Being fair is not being an idiot

What Susan Jacoby calls "perverted objectivity" is out in force with global warming reporting on the conference. It drives me up the wall until I remind myself to forget it and get back to my garden.

From The Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby:

"If enough money is involved, and enough people believe that two plus two equals five, the media will report the story with a straight face, always adding a qualifying paragraph noting that "mathematicians, however, say that two plus two still equals four." With a perverted objectivity that gives credence to nonsense, mainstream news outlets have done more to undermine logic and reason than raptureready.com could ever do."