Follow this link to the AP story that analyzes the leaked emails about climate research.

I find it interesting that the AP story admits way at the bottom that one of the authors of the news analysis has been involved in controversy with the scientists being covered in the story.  That’s just being honest, but it does show the near impossibility of writing story on a controversial topic in a way that cannot be subject to charges of bias.  After all, humans are not robots.

Having been the subject of a story in the semi-technical press, I know how poorly a story can be reported even when the reporter allegedly has some technical expertise. You can imagine what happens in the non-technical press concerning reports on scientific matters.

I don’t really find any specific fault in this story.  The headline is editorializing, but in a news analysis story, I guess that is permissible.