Editor Smith: Gore Or Evel?

I took a call this morning from a loyal reader quite upset that we put Al Gore’s Nobel prize ceremony inside the A section while giving Evel Knievel’s funeral big display on the Northwest cover. She challenged our sense of priorities and pleaded that we do more with global warming/ Steve Smith , News Is A Conversation. More here

Question: In general, are we underplaying the global warming debate? Did we overplay Knievel, not just today but since his death?