"Rather than insist that our personal lives don't influence our journalism, a better approach might be to describe how journalists ensure their personal lives do not undermine the pursuit of the truth."

Kelly McBride wrote about #Totenberg and #SCOTUS (in 2020): https://www.npr.org/sections/publiceditor/2020/09/24/916057100/nprs-should-have-revealed-totenberg-rbg-friendship-earlier

#balance #bias #transparency #conflictsOfInterest #ethics #journalism #NPR

Robert Socolow was a founder of the Carbon Mitigation Initiative of #Princeton University. He has articulated pathways to reduction of carbon dioxide emissions for minimizing climate change, especially the concept of climate stabilization wedge.

In his 2007 Senate testimony, Robert Socolow cited the proposed 500-MW H2 and #CCS project at BP's Carson refinery in California as evidence of the technology's commercial maturity. The project was highlighted as an example of a near-commercial, full-scale deployment effort.
But it never happened.
https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/41802.pdf

#university #science #influence #conflictsOfInterest #fossilFuels #globalWarming #carbon #agnotology #institutionsDeceive #EstelleSays

‪Maddie Stone‬ has spent more than a year reporting on how the fossil fuel industry has infiltrated academia over the last 30 years, shaping fundamental paradigms on how to address climate change.

The assignment was "Go conduct deep research on a broad topic, and let us know what you find."

The first story is out:
* at Drilled media: https://drilled.media/news/wedges
* at @ProPublica: https://www.propublica.org/article/wedges-climate-research-bp-fossil-fuel-princeton

#influence #research #conflictsOfInterest #science #energy #Columbia #BP #oilAndGas #climate #climateChange