You don't have to be an ideologue to understand that the EPA managed their scientific advisory boards with a built-in conflict of interest, having grant recipients heavily represented on their advisory boards.  This is the proverbial self-licking ice cream cone.  Most media outlets, including the AP and the Denver Post, have consistently demonstrated bias in reporting on this EPA advisory board reshuffling, because they don't mention conflict of interest until the end of the story.  Readers understand conflict of interest in government, which apparently only exists for corporate interests since it's buried deep in this story.