Associated Press bans climate 'sceptics' and 'deniers'

Jessica Shankleman
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News agency's Stylebook asks journalists to use the term 'doubters' to describe those who reject the scientific consensus on climate change, after complaints about misuse of the term 'sceptic'

One of the world's leading news agencies has banned the term "sceptic" to describe those who reject the scientific consensus on man-made climate change, after a number of scientists complained the popular...

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