[meaty]

Prime example: climate change.

We have precisely fuck all idea what is going on regardless of the models.

Proof of this can be found by examining all the climate change news articles based on scientific papers going back to the impending ice age in 1972 (people have a short memory for climatology theories).

[illuminate]

"Proof of this can be found by examining all the climate change news articles based on scientific papers going back to the impending ice age in 1972 (people have a short memory for climatology theories)."

While it makes a good talking point, it was not the case.

http://www.skepticalscience.com/ice-age-predictions-in-1970s...

[robotresearcher]

News articles can not be relied on to present science and the views of scientists accurately. Controversy is news, consensus is not. Very few publications care enough to get their science reporting right, and it's expensive to have people on staff who are capable of doing it.

[luser001]

Relevant Asimov's classic article: http://chem.tufts.edu/answersinscience/relativityofwrong.htm

YMMV.