Surprisingly, one of the media outlets that got the story wrong was the «media watchdog,» Columbia Journalism Review (CJR), with its piece, «Sandy's climate context: Why generalizing
about extreme weather helps no one.»
«We recommend for the folks that are talking with farmers one on one, it's probably a more effective communication strategy to talk
about more
extreme weather rather than saying, «Let's take care of anthropogenic climate change,»» said J. Gordon Arbuckle, a sociology professor with Iowa State University who
helps conduct the survey.