I've been a long time reader of New Scientist and generally enjoy it's coverage (despite the occasional somewhat dubiously sensationalist headlines) but recently I seem to have seen a strange and somewhat mystifying trend.

Several of the issues recently have had either articles or editorials that seem to take a rather anti-science (or anti-scientist) view. This seems especially prevelent with regards to the recent supposed 'scandals' in climate science and the alleged 'cover up' of anti-climate change data.

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