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Climate change is a scientific fact, a fact that reasonable people have probably concluded too late to do much about the eventual demise of the planet.  Misinformation -- some of it intentional, some of it not -- has stalled planetary action. As the Star Tribune reported over the weekend, within 100 years, Minnesota is going to be Kansas.

The Los Angeles Times recently adjusted its editorial policy on letters to the editor to disqualify the letters from climate change deniers.

In an editorial, editor Paul Thornton noted 

the work of scientists with peer reviews is more dependable

 and accurate than those who consider climate change a hoax perpetuated by liberals to curtail personal freedom.

So when the Star Tribune printed its series over the weekend, it was widely expected a flood of letters from non-scientists would debunk it with a flurry of letters.

 today, commentary editor David Banks said the claims need to be debated.

Which brings us back to the original question that led the Times to its position: Can you help readers come to informed conclusions about complex matters by presenting information that's wrong?

Study Shows That Human Beings Are Too Selfish to Fix Climate Change

2)  SUPPORT FOR 'THE VOICE' ISN'T BROUGHT TO YOU BY....    

There are a lot of famous voices at NPR but pretty soon 

 won't be one of them. You probably don't know him by name, but he's "the voice" behind all the NPR underwriting announcements.

NPR has decided to dump Tavares, a freelancer, and move the operation in house for the sake of efficiency, according to the 

Today it will announce who that person will be.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has completed its survey of trash thrown out in the Duluth area and several other locations around the state, the 

Despite efforts to get people to compost food waste, the percentage of trash that's food has increased from around 13 to near 20 percent, the paper reports. Statewide, the average is about 18 percent.

The percentage of trash that's plastic is up, metal and paper is down, the survey said.

4)  A HATER'S GUIDE TO THE WORLD SERIES     

, Time notes that two "insufferable" franchises are squaring off when the World Series begins tonite.

a guide for baseball fans who want both teams to lose.

Also: prepare for an obscene amount of narratives connecting the joy the Red Sox bring as 

an antidote to the tragedy of the Boston Marathon bombing.

 There's always the danger of trivializing the tragedy, 

You're going to want to read this one before lunch.

A professor of medicine at the University of Mississippi has done an autopsy on a chicken nugget to see what's inside.

“I was floored. I was astounded,” Richard D. deShazo tells 

 about the moment he had a look under the microscope.

The chicken industry disputed the doctor's findings.

Want Your Daughter To Be A Science Whiz? Soccer Might Help

A Father, A Daughter And Lessons Learned. 

 The celebration of Story Corps' 10th anniversary is providing a daily lift this week. (NPR)

When do you know what you read on Wikipedia is true?

 - First hour: Doctor-patient relationships and the future of health care.

Second hour: Depending on where you stand on the political spectrum, the free market is either espoused as the key to prosperity and the basis for a well-functioning society, or decried as the source of all ills. Either way, it’s often viewed as something that acts independently of government. But journalist Alex Marshall argues in a new book that the idea of a free market is a myth.

Third hour: Tom Weber speaks with MPR's Dave Peters about small towns that sometimes find themselves in the position of needing to merge or consolidate.  Carleton and Thompson are in that situation now with a vote coming November 5th.

 (12-1 pm): An Intelligence Squared debate: "Should We Break Up the Big Banks?"

 - The Obama administration faces mounting criticism over the Affordable Care Act rollout, The Takeaway examines federal health care policy past, present, and future. Plus: Iran's tumultuous history and how it informed the nation's modern relationship with the West.

-  Don Samuels' resume includes stints as a gospel music star, a toy designer, an ordained minister and a city council member. Now he’s trying to add a new position: mayor of Minneapolis. MPR's Curtis Gilbert continues his series.

Bret Neely reports Minnesota lawmakers in Congress unsuccessfully tried to delay or repeal the tax on medical device companies as part of the deal to end the government shutdown. With Democrats and Republicans now negotiating on fiscal issues, is a repeal of the tax any more likely? And if a repeal takes place, will it unravel the funding stream of the 2010 health care law?

The days of plague epidemics ravaging the population are long gone -- for humans. Now, plague is killing small wildlife across the American West. NPR will have the story.

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Information through inaccuracy, the end of NPR's 'voice',  what's in Minnesota's trash,  a hater's guide to the World Series,  and what's in a chicken nugget?

5 x 8: Should climate change deniers be censored?

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