Article: Public Mistrusts Academic Bias

This article written in the Cincinnati Enquirer discusses the unfortunate consequence of the Climategate emails - there was a 15 percentage point drop in the proportion of adults who believed climate change is a large concern and should be a high priority in government between 2007 and 2009. It discusses how politicized academics had become and how that is posing a huge issue for the trustworthiness of scientists according to the public, a problem that has only gotten worse over the past decade since this article was written.

December 27, 2009 – December 27, 2009