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Barley asked in EnvironmentGlobal Warming · 1 decade ago

Will the media report this:?

255 leading scientists send open letter to Science magazine calling for "an end to McCarthy- like threats of criminal prosecution against our colleagues based on innuendo and guilt by association, the harassment of scientists by politicians seeking distractions to avoid taking action, and the outright lies being spread about them."

They urge "The good news is that smart and effective actions are possible. But delay must not be an option."

Do you think this might be news, or will the media wait until some pop-eyed carney spouts off a bizarre and unsupportable criticism of modern science?

http://www.pacinst.org/climate/climate_statement.p...

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  • booM
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
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    No, I don't think it is really newsworthy enough. People in denial about the state of scientific research have obviously considered similar articles and letters on the side of the opposition view very newsworthy, but I personally think it is a relatively minor statement-albeit by a fair number of scientists.

    What is striking to me is that it appears by their answers several respondents to your question here either didn't read the letter or didn't comprehend it.

    It is possible that, in time to come, the outlook reflected in the letter may gain wider understanding by the general public, but I'd suspect most people who don't have the chops to read and understand a mass market publication like 'Science' wouldn't really grasp the politization of science itself.

  • 1 decade ago

    I think the fantasy world those like jim live in is coming to an end and they don't like it. The theft and hacking at the CRU show the level deniers are now prepared to go to. The inquiry has cleared the scientists involved, but it remains to be seen what desperate stunt deniers will try next.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Someone said the CRU cleared as though they and their top man did nothing wrong, I have'nt seen so much squirming since i baited my hook when I was fishing, that enquiry cleared them in name only, devious no marks.

  • 1 decade ago

    Mann needs to go to prison and be introduced to Bubba after they take all his money for the the billions in damages he has caused. That hockey stick was the most pathetic piece of garbage of that has ever been passed off as science. It is truly amazing that anyone with more than a third grade educations would fall that unadulterated bovine scat. It was fraud pure and simple unless you want to argue that Mann is a blithering imbecile. There isn't much doubt that he misappropriated government money with his fraudulent manipulation of the data. It is past time that leftists masquerading as scientists are allowed to manufacture data. He is allowed to get away with it because he is a leftist providing propaganda to a doomsday cult. There is a double standard where those on the left are expected to lie and the bigger the lie, the more they are defended. As long as there are cowards on the right that let criminal behavior go unpunished, we will have to endure the "no legal controlling authority" and all the other unethical behavior we have come to expect from algore and his buddy Mann as the norm for leftists.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    We heard absolutely nothing from "media" within the United States about the exposure of the thuggish tactics used to advance the AGW fantasy.

    I'm sure some bimbo on the Today Show will run with this little letter, complete with its pathetic Photoshop of the poor bear on the iceberg.

  • 1 decade ago

    I've only read one article about it so far...and as for"head up his whazoo" Jim Z.. you ever get tired of being in the dark?

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    I am sure they would like to be above any criticism but they need to grow up and stop attempting to silence any criticism. They have damaged the credibility of science and anyone that cared about the truth would be outraged by their behavior and those attempting to cover up for them including most of the media.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Will the media start reporting that the alarmunists try to silence their opposition? Probably not.

    Will they continue being as insulting as beingher? probably.

  • 1 decade ago

    Pigs will fly, and monkeys will shove bananas up their anuses.

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