Guest Thinkers — August 16, 2010

CJR on the Climate Change E-Mail Debate: A Must Read

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If you are trying to make sense of the surge of news coverage and commentary surrounding the stolen e-mails from the East Anglia University Climatic Research Center, the place to start is Curtis Brainard’s outstanding overview and critique of coverage last week at the Columbia Journalism Review.

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