*Despite his lengthy green-left credentials and his terrible track record as a prognosticator, NBC contracted with Ehrlich in 1990 to produce a 12-part series on global ecological issues for [[NBC News]]. NBC cast the radical professor as a disinterested scientist dispassionately explaining global warming and environmental issues. Ehrlich was later nominated for an [[Emmy Award]] for his TV propaganda and received a five-year [[MacArthur Foundation]] fellowship. [[PBS]] subsequently made him the subject of a puff-piece documentary. [http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Expertly+using+%22experts%22:+leftist+media+organs+selectively+use...-a097822451] | *Despite his lengthy green-left credentials and his terrible track record as a prognosticator, NBC contracted with Ehrlich in 1990 to produce a 12-part series on global ecological issues for [[NBC News]]. NBC cast the radical professor as a disinterested scientist dispassionately explaining global warming and environmental issues. Ehrlich was later nominated for an [[Emmy Award]] for his TV propaganda and received a five-year [[MacArthur Foundation]] fellowship. [[PBS]] subsequently made him the subject of a puff-piece documentary. [http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Expertly+using+%22experts%22:+leftist+media+organs+selectively+use...-a097822451] |