Hyperbole and gotcha journalism threaten to obscure necessary debate on climate
In the old Looney Tunes cartoon, Wile E. Coyote would often end up going over a cliff in his ever-futile attempts to catch The Road Runner. The standard gag would feature a hapless Wile E. hovering in midair while his elusive prey looked on mischievously; Coyote would only actually begin to crash to the ground…