"EPA Chief Attacks The Media In Speech To Agency Science Advisers"

"'I caution you to be careful what you read in the media,' Andrew Wheeler warned."

"The head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Andrew Wheeler, chose to go “off script” Wednesday morning when he warned the agency’s Science Advisory Board (SAB) against trusting the media.

“I caution you to be careful what you read in the media,” Wheeler said, concluding his remarks to the public meeting — the first time the SAB has meet in a year.

Wheeler was specifically referring to a tweet by Yahoo News journalist Alexander Nazaryan on Monday which quoted Wheeler telling the National Press Club, “‘The media does a disservice to the American public’ by reporting on global warming, says EPA head Andrew Wheeler. Wants more positive coverage.”"

Kyla Mandel reports for Think Progress June 5, 2019.

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Source: Think Progress, 06/06/2019