Global Warming Hits the Arctic (But Skips the Antarctic?)
A New York Times article spent nine paragraphs on the damage to the Arctic from global warming. At the top of the article is a substantial photo showing shrinking ice around Canada's Northwest Passage.
Then at the end of the article, there is a tenth paragraph, consisting of the following single sentence:
(p. A6) Sea ice around Antarctica has seen unusual winter expansions recently, and this week is near a record high.
Global warming is an important issue. So in judging the truth and severity of global warming, why is the shrinking of ice in the arctic, worth so much more attention than the expanding of ice in the antarctic?
(In fairness to the NYT, given the overwhelming politically correct pressure to be onboard the global warming bandwagon, especially among NYT readers, one might argue that what made the article notable was not that it lacked objective balance, but that the NYT had the courage to include the final sentence at all.)
For the full story, or at least the part of the full story that the NYT wants to report, see:
