How ‘balanced’ coverage lets the scientific fringe hijack reality

Columbia Journalism Review outlines why "balanced" science reporting isn't balanced at all and how it's being hijacked by religious fundamentalists. One example: A report that having an abortion can cause breast cancer (yes, this religious nuts have no boundaries) was used as "balance" to a report on the health implications of abortion. It part of the fundies work to advance their intelligent design agenda. This is one to put on your radar, friends, and worth reading in its entirety. Forewarned is forearmed.