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Date/Time: 12/17/2007 3:45:55 PM Title: Felling out at CBS Public Eye Posted By: Jim Romenesko 12.17.07 3:46pm (EST) Good afternoon and I beg your pardon for the mass e-mail: It's with mixed feelings that I share the information that -- effective as of mid-afternoon last Friday -- I have been let go at CBSNews.com in a "restructuring" of the Interactive division. ('Restructuring': the "downsized" of the new millennium.) Why the mixed feelings, then? Well, to paraphrase Mark Twain, one should write while angry and disappointed, but edit with a bit of remove. So with a weekend of simmering, I'm able...

As the first anniversary of the global warming treaty, also known as the Kyoto Protocol, has come and gone, a steady stream of stories from the mainstream media continues to reinforce the notion that global warming is indeed a real phenomenon that is significantly caused by human activity and exacerbated by U.S. refusal to sign on to Kyoto. Our media have let it be known in no uncertain terms that scientists who oppose this "consensus" are either bought and paid for by oil companies or ignorant of the facts and evidence. What's more, they are not worth paying any attention...