A New York Times op-ed on climate change sparks uproar

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🗓️ 3 May 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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The New York Times is embroiled in a public furor over a new columnist, who wrote that scientific uncertainty is reason for debate about climate change. Many conservatives are delighted. Is America's leading liberal newspaper fostering climate denial? This is the latest in our series, "The Emotional States of America."

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0:00.0	From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.
0:08.3	Scientific uncertainty and the politics of climate change.
0:15.4	Hello again, I'm Arminolni, and this is To the Point.
0:18.3	In his first column for the New York Times, Brett Stevens wrote that
0:21.8	overstating what we really know about climate change is creating skepticism. The response has been
0:27.8	deafening from readers, including scientists, saying the papers encouraging climate change denial.
0:34.1	The Times public editor says readers need to hear different perspectives, and it's time for
0:38.6	busting up the paper's mostly liberal echo chamber. But scientists say climate change should be
0:44.4	treated as an emergency that could be worse than predicted. Later on today's talking point is
0:50.6	laughing at the Attorney General, a federal crime? First, here's the news.
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1:45.9	Hello again, Mormon-A-Lony, back with To The Point. Do you know New York Times is embroiled in a public furor over a new columnist who wrote that scientific uncertainty is reason for debate about climate change. Many conservatives are delighted is America's leading liberal newspaper fostering climate
1:52.2	denial. It's the latest in our series, The Emotional States of America. We'll hear about it in a few
1:57.9	minutes. Today's talking point, the Justice Department under Attorney General Jeff Sessions, says it's a federal crime to laugh at the boss. We'll hear
2:05.6	about a trial that ended today with a conviction. First, this news update. FBI director,
2:10.5	James Comey, was back before another Senate committee today, asked about telling Congress he was
2:15.3	reopening an investigation of Hillary Clinton just before
2:18.4	last year's election. He said he faced a terrible choice. And so I stared at speak and conceal.
2:24.5	Speak would be really bad. There's an election in 11 days. Lordy, that would be really bad.
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