John Glenn, Please Don't Let the Media Tarnish Your Reputation

Out of all the content in reporter Julie Carr Smyth's interview with John Glenn, the Associated Press selected this for the headline, now echoing around the country: "John Glenn: Evolution should be taught in schools." Since many readers never make it past the headline, this is the message they got from the AP: An American hero wants to keep Darwin in science class, with the implied background that nefarious creationists and other science deniers, the favorite bogeymen of the popular media's...