YET again I am staggered by Brendan Gullifer's unashamed bias against wind energy and his shoddy, misleading reporting.
The CSIRO has released a report which demonstrates that there is much greater support for wind farms than media reporting would suggest.
According to the report this is due to a vocal minority securing the majority of media attention.
In a perfect illustration of the findings of the report, Brendan Gullifer's article on January 18, 'Bias claim on CSIRO findings', brushed the report under the carpet and instead focused on negative responses from people who have always openly opposed wind farms, especially when the wind farm is in their shire or electorate and their re-election is dependent on it.
Gullifer even included an unsubstantiated allegation of bias in the CSIRO.
His article mentions that The Courier was not included in the CSIRO's examination of the media.
If it had the report's finding would have been even further justified.
PAULA WHEATON
North Ballarat.
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