Unstaining Al Gore’s good name, Part 1: The NYT’s false “guilty of inaccuracies and overstatements”

Long article by Joe Romm at Climate Progress:

http://climateprogress.org/2009/03/02/al-gore-no-exaggeration-roger-pielke-andy-revkin/

Unstaining Al Gore’s good name, Part 1: The NYT’s false “guilty of inaccuracies and overstatements” charge began with a false charge by Pielke

In all the hubbub about George Will’s falsehood-filled columns and Andy Revkin’s equation of Al Gore with George Will in the New York Times, one simple fact has been a largely overlooked:

Contrary to Revkin’s assertions, Former Vice President Al Gore is not guilty of “exaggeration,” let alone “guilty of inaccuracies and overstatements.”

Having communicated at length with Gore’s staff and Revkin, I will show that not only did Gore do nothing worthy of the NYT’s criticism, but in fact he acted honorably and in the highest traditions of science journalism. Contrary to the impression left by Revkin in his February 24, “News Analysis” piece, “In Debate on Climate Change, Exaggeration Is a Common Pitfall,” Gore and his team work overtime to accurately represent the data and the science.

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