Describing the Deutsch case, the editorial remarks that his "attempts to manipulate science and scientists, although unusually blatant, were not unique" and goes on to cite several other recent cases. It concludes:
In every administration there will be spokesmen and public affairs officers who try to spin the news to make the president look good. But this administration is trying to spin scientific data and muzzle scientists toward that end. NASA's Mr. Hansen was right when he told the Times that Mr. Deutsch was only a bit player. "The problem is much broader and much deeper and it goes across agencies," he said. We agree.
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