CJR: Journalists vs. Doctored Science

Blogger Chris Mooney credits journalists for sticking it to Scott McClellan in the wake of the publication of "internal White House documents that show that a White House official that was formerly a lobbyist for the oil industry has doctored and edited administration scientific reports in ways that consistently emphasize supposed uncertainties about global warming -- uncertainties that the vast consensus of science doesn't think are that severe," as one reporter put it to McClellan.
Mooney, who specializes in science reporting, just wishes he had a way to feed the gaggle the right questions, since they weren't familiar enough with the issues to pin down the evasive McClellan. This morning, Mooney printed the transcript of the exchange, inserting his comments along the way.