... to the politics and the technical aspects both; they usually emphasize one and underplay the other. On the one hand, many journalistic accounts ham up the politics and underplay the analysis, ... individuals is a characteristic feature of the war on science.Despite valiant attempts, though, the war on science has been far less successful in Australia than in the US. Although the Australian ... journalist Chris Mooney made the case that, again and again, even overwhelming scientifi c consensus has met immovable political obstacles. And, again and again, those obstacles have arisen on the right—from...