Neela Banerjee

LAT Reporter Worries Over Gleick Heartland Doc Theft's Impact on Acceptance of 'Scientific Consensus'
By Tom Blumer | February 22, 2012 | 1:21 PM EST

While the Associated Press and the wire service's Seth Borenstein dither on what to report or whether to report anything about confessed document theft from the Heartland Institute by the Pacific Institute's Peter Gleick (a search on Gleick's last name at the AP's main national site at noon came up empty), Neela Banerjee at the Los Angeles Times incompletely reported the facts and fretted that the confession would "further deepen the uncertainty of many Americans" concerning "the scientific consensus on climate change."

What follows are the first five plus three other paragraphs from Banerjee's Tuesday evening report (bolds are mine):

On Easter Sunday, Celebrating Obama's Speech from the Pulpit -- and in the NYT
By Clay Waters | March 24, 2008 | 3:15 PM EDT

The New York Times continues to glorify Barack Obama for the speech he delivered on race, eager to help Obama not only move on from Wright, but to paint the whole affair in lambent tones, while suggesting GOP presidents including Reagan went "under cover" and used code words to promote racial strife and win elections.The latest brushwork is on display on the front page of the Times's Sunday Week in Review, a story by Janny Scott, "Talk

NYT Scoffs at 400+ 'Skeptical' Scientists, Elevates 44 Green Southern Baptists
By Amy Menefee Payne | March 11, 2008 | 11:42 AM EDT

Remember when more than 400 scientists were revealed as "skeptical" about global warming hype? The New York Times's Andrew Revkin blogged about it, saying the "perennial tug of war" was actually "a distraction from fundamentals that are clearly established." Of course, 44 Southern Baptists who buy into the green agenda received a respectful print story in the March 10 Times, widely quoting the church leaders saying things like: "when we destroy God's creation, it's similar to ripping pages from the Bible."