The reporter did no such thing He never characterized it as evidence the theory was gaining traction He made no opinion whatsoever as to whether or not this was happening He simply reported that ClimateProgressBlog said it was gaining traction and quoted what Perino said The fact that you feel that the reporter believed the quote from Perino was evidence that the theory was gaining traction is irrevelant Our duty is to report the facts and let the reader decide not to draw a conclusion based on what we ve read and then report that