[LINK] Propaganda, manipulation and the abuse of media [Was: IPA, astroturfing and fantsy themes/Science under attack]

David Boxall david.boxall at hunterlink.net.au
Wed Feb 22 13:53:34 AEDT 2012


On 22/02/2012 11:04 AM, jim birch wrote:
> ...
> No one has done an complete authoritative count, but it is know that the
> AGW hypothesis is held to be substantially correct by all but a couple of
> percent of people who can reasonably call themselves climatologists. ...
A couple of independent studies came up with similar results:
- 97% think human activity is a significant contributing factor in 
changing mean global temperatures;
- 2% are unsure and;
- 1% disagree.
<http://www.skepticalscience.com/news.php?n=734>,
citing
<http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2010/06/04/1003187107.abstract>
and
<http://tigger.uic.edu/%7Epdoran/012009_Doran_final.pdf>.

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