https://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2009/12/06/the-gray-lady-attempts-a-little-global-cooling-on-climategate/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usThu, 11 Jun 2026 08:40:44 -0400<![CDATA[In the old days of the newspaper industry, as portrayed by such films as The Front Page, His Girl Friday, and Citizen Kane, newspapers would frequently take relatively minor stories in the scope of things and build them into EARTH-SHATTERING EVENTS by way of screaming cover all-caps headlines (sort of like I did just now) in giant type.  Of course, back then, most big cities had several newspapers, so competition was fierce. And journalists saw themselves as in the business of reporting news, not &#8220;changing the world.&#8221;]]>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:20:40 -0500<![CDATA[Ed Driscoll]]>https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2009/12/06/the-gray-lady-attempts-a-little-global-cooling-on-climategate-n250677