[Mark B]

Originally Posted by whell

I Left Out the Full Truth to Get My Climate Change Paper Published

https://www.thefp.com/p/i-overhyped-...-get-published

This matters because it is critically important for scientists to be published in high-profile journals; in many ways, they are the gatekeepers for career success in academia. And the editors of these journals have made it abundantly clear, both by what they publish and what they reject, that they want climate papers that support certain preapproved narratives—even when those narratives come at the expense of broader knowledge for society.

To put it bluntly, climate science has become less about understanding the complexities of the world and more about serving as a kind of Cassandra, urgently warning the public about the dangers of climate change. However understandable this instinct may be, it distorts a great deal of climate science research, misinforms the public, and most importantly, makes practical solutions more difficult to achieve.

Like so much else in the print and broadcast media, the public gets "pre-approved narratives" for news. The days of simply "just provide the facts and let the readers decide" are long gone. This is a great example of how "fake news" propagates.

And before y'all start with the "whataboutism", this stuff happens in left and right media sources.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...scientist.html

https://theintercept.com/2017/08/31/...int-diversity/