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Cool On Warming Coverage

By Brian Montopoli

March 1, 2007 / 10:04 AM EST / CBS News

(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

"There are many reasons [why political leaders have not yet taken action on global warming], but one of the principal reasons in my view is more than half of the mainstream media have rejected the scientific consensus implicitly — and I say 'rejected,' perhaps it's the wrong word. They have failed to report that it is the consensus and instead have chosen … balance as bias."

--Al Gore, speaking to a group of national media ethicists.