... Huffington, by Shawn Otto:
Dear Arianna,
Congratulations on the Huffington Post's Pulitzer prize. That is an important feather in the paper's cap.
I want you to know how much I value your publication, and how I think the dust up over the antiscience HuffPost article "NASA Global Warming Stance Blasted By 49 Astronauts, Scientists Who Once Worked At Agency" is an opportunity for a broader discussion, which you could lead. The story has garnered wide attention in both science and journalism circles. Why is an important discussion.
It is a discussion that I think is critical to our democracy....
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