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On January 20, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States. Few presidents have taken office facing such high expectations and daunting challenges.
In this interactive graphic we chart Mr Obama’s first 100 days in office, the honeymoon period where he was expected to spend some of the political capital his historic electoral victory had amassed.
We look at the key policy decisions, appointments and early ...
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I found this story more than a little convoluted, not to mention a bit irresponsible. While the Times acknowledges that the news media incorporated the Global Climate Coalition's message in order to "balance" the story, they don't necessarily take blame for helping to perpetrate the confusion about climate change. In fact, in the very next paragraph, the author incorporates a quote from a GCC representative who once again questions the science of global warming. It appears the Times has a short attention span. It wasn't too long ago that members of the scientific community met up with members of the news media to inform them that, in the case of climate change, it was simply ignorant to balance a story with dissonant views, when the science on climate change is proven theory.
