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Evolving debate

This past spring, the Kansas State Board of Education held hearings on a proposal that evolution be taught as a controversial scientific theory. The mainstream science community effectively boycotted the debate, but the mainstream media didn't have that luxury. If it wasn't news already, this month President Bush weighed in. The question for journalists is not whether to cover it, but how. NPR science correspondent David Kestenbaum shares his thoughts with host and managing editor Brooke Gladstone.
Read entire article at NPR "On the Media"