If I report a story on abuse of children, I don't go out and interview an abuser on the up-side of child abuse," he said as an example of how an effort to balance can go too far.

By Elmer BeauregardBemidjiPioneer.com
I for one was glad to see Don Shelby and Paul Douglas "The Dynamic Duo of Global Warming" both leave WCCO. I would watch just to see how blatant their global warming fear mongering news cast would go, it was all global warming all the time. But just when we thought we were done with him Don he comes out of the woodwork and says he sorry. Not for pushing the Global Warming propaganda, but for not pushing it hard enough.

"For those of you who are confused on this issue," he said, "you're forgiven. It's my fault."

Don spoke recently at the University of Minnesota Duluth on Tuesday on what he called "The most important story since journalism began -- global climate change."

But, he said, climate change is not a pro or con issue; it's a scientific fact. And journalists who work to "balance" a story present an inaccurate picture when they give equal weight to sources promulgating inaccurate facts.

"If I report a story on abuse of children, I don't go out and interview an abuser on the up-side of child abuse," he said as an example of how an effort to balance can go too far.

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