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Smoke and CO2 - How to Spin Global Warming

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ANP: On the Organized Effort to Cast Doubt on Climate Change.

Recently, it was reported that the rate of carbon dioxide emission during the last seven years exceeded even the IPCC's worst-case scenario. Both Barack Obama and John McCain have offered their support to global warming legislation in the past, but climate legislation continues to stall, as it has for more than a decade. Why? In large part, because of an expensive, prolonged propaganda campaign waged by producers of big oil. And what did they look to for inspiration? Big tobacco.

This story is aired in conjunction with the publication of the Center for Public Integrity's report, Global Warming: Heated Denials, The Organized Effort to Cast Doubt on Climate Change.

( http://www.publicintegrity.org/articles/entry/731/ )

Vierotchka

6 responses // Smoke and CO2 - How to Spin Global Warming

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    Timely and succinct. Good post.

    dkincheloe
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    Yeah, it's amazing to me that any of their garbage "spin" works on anybody...

    People are so brainwashed/dumb/easily manipulated...

    onechance
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    paste the address for anything from the web

    Thank you very much for posting this! Understanding how public manipulation is carried out is extremely important as part of this global wake up call. If I may, the next is a link to a video that meganmackenzie introduced me to. You have probably seen it Vierotchka, but for some that may have not, it also demonstrates how the media and PR companies so easily manipulate unwitting readers and viewers. ("Century of the Self" is also excellent, search title on current).

    recommended by huntre, Vierotchka
    SeaJade
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T4UF_Rmlio

    "Scientist and renowned historian Naomi Oreskes describes her investigation into the reasons for such widespread mistrust and misunderstanding of scientific consensus and probes the history of organized campaigns designed to create public doubt and confusion about science." Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science"

    recommended by Vierotchka, huntre
    SeaJade
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    Thanks for the video, SeaJade. I haven't got time to watch it now, but I'll watch it on Sunday (tomorrow is a busy day for me).

    Vierotchka
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    Great post.
    The manufacturing of doubt.
    Which leads us to it's close cousin, fear.
    The same "think tank" strategies that lead us into war and financial turmoil?
    Damn straight.

    huntre

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