“High Priests of Consensus Panic: The NYT’s Meltdown Over Scientific Skepticism”, by Charles Rotter

“The New York Times is at it again—clutching pearls and reaching for fainting couch as Trump administration dares to let a little oxygen into the musty, tightly sealed room of government climate “consensus.”…” - Stephen Heins

• If the tone of their latest lament, “Trump Hires Scientists Who Doubt the Consensus on Climate Change,” is any indication, you’d think the barbarians had just sacked Rome with nothing but peer-reviewed papers and calculators.

Right out of the gate, the Times wrings its hands over the shocking spectacle of scientists—yes, actual scientists—who “reject the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change” being allowed anywhere near the Energy Department. 

• If you detect a note of moral panic, you’re not wrong...