Humint Events Online: Curious How the One Conspiracy Theory the Major Media Spend Time On Is the One That Global Warming Is a Scam

Saturday, October 06, 2012

Curious How the One Conspiracy Theory the Major Media Spend Time On Is the One That Global Warming Is a Scam

Hmm, I wonder why that is?  Who does it benefit?  So hard to figure... But this is interesting:
So what kind of voices are being published in these papers? The findings here are also mixed. The researchers break down skeptics into three categories: Those who completely deny the planet is warming (trend skeptics); those who accept that the planet is warming, but question if it’s caused by humans (attribution skeptics); and those who falsely claim that increasing CO2 emissions and a warming planet will be a good thing (impact skeptics). In Brazil, China, France, India, and the UK, we see a mix of skeptics in the second and third categories who accept that the planet is warming, but question the cause and impact. In the U.S., we see a different trend: a much greater number of deniers who believe that there is no evidence that the planet is warming. (The researchers attribute this to the prominence of Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe, the most outspoken climate denier in Congress, who often appears in news stories). Such results would support the view that the USA is particularly notable for the presence of skeptics who question the need for strong climate change policy proposals. The study, while only covering newspapers and only looking at two short time periods, shows that American climate denial is unique and more prevalent than in other countries, and that ideology does influence how the topic is covered.

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