Daily Climate: The word early from scientists gathered in Stockholm is clear: The planet is changing, and humans are the cause.
But the message from media outlets in the days and weeks leading up to Friday's release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment presented a far murkier picture: Global temperatures haven't risen in the past 15 years, Arctic Sea ice is growing and scientists are scrambling to explain why.
The media is being distracted and misled by the denial machine.
- Susan...