Prof. Pielke Jr. Rips Gillis: ‘The NYT Puts the Hit On…an extended hit piece on Lindzen…Since when is it appropriate for a major newspaper to attack an individual scientist?’
Pielke Jr.: 'Where is the news here? Can you give me another example of a major newspaper doing anything similar? This is 'advocacy journalism' -- it is not reporting, as there is absolutely no news in the piece...is it a good idea for the NY Times to engage in an over-the-top attack Sure, you expect this sort of thing from Climate Progress or Real Climate, but seriously, the NYT?'
