Scientific Journals Going the Way of Media?

Just as the MSM typically creates news today rather than simply reporting it, it appears that scientific journals are going the same way. Unlike the media, however, academic journals such as Science and Nature are supposed to be entirely fact-based publications that publish all research on scientific issues.

The Telegraph reports that the leading journals refuse to publish papers that challenge conventional ("liberal") wisdom over global warming.

A separate team of climate scientists, which was regularly used by Science and the journal Nature to review papers on the progress of global warming, said it was dropped after attempting to publish its own research which raised doubts over the issue.

The controversy follows the publication by Science in December of a paper which claimed to have demonstrated complete agreement among climate experts, not only that global warming is a genuine phenomenon, but also that mankind is to blame.

It's easy to demonstrate "complete agreement" - if one only looks at that those who agree. No wonder people are increasingly skeptical of "conventional wisdom" on global warming issues.