Nick Grealy reflects on what he expects from UK fracking, the roles of emotion and science and what he faces in the way of personal challenges right now.

August is the traditional peak of the silly season when the UK media uses any number of tenuous, out dated or too often, simply bored attempts to feed the maw of the media machinery. With audience and grown ups away, the field is opened up to a new crop of writers misguided enough to still see some romance in the formerly noble métier of journalism.  Many of them are “interns,” or what anyone in most jobs recognize as “slaves,” but the alleged riches of “making a difference” drag them in every summer.

The UK Frackmaster – Nick Grealy

Controversy rules in UK journalism, a fact  especially relevant to shale back in 2013, the Summer of Balcombe.  Who needed facts when emotions are much more fun? Who needs analysis when one line Tweets are allegedly what the audience wants? After all, they tell us, people are tired of experts.

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