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Soilguy wrote:

'If "both sides" are represented in a news story, I think they should explain how the scientific community leans, and explain the history of the scientific community's leanings, over the years as facts develop.'

The program suggestd that the idea of "both sides" should be weighted in favour of what the bulk of scientific opinion supports. I'll bet that numbers on each side in TV debates in the US didn't reflect the relative weight of scientific opinion.

Regarding your signature from S. Lewis. I'm finally reading Dawkins' "God Delusion". Much better than I thought it would be. He's nicked the expression "American Taliban" off the internet for the religious right. I like it. By the way what's the Dover decision?