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“How can you tell the difference?”

December 10th, 2009 · Comments Off on “How can you tell the difference?”

In a post discussing FactCheck.org’s take on ClimateGate, Little Green Footballs begins: FactCheck.org takes an in-depth look at “Climategate,” and notices something: there’s no “there” there. No conspiracies, no cover-ups, no fakery. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch. After extensively quoting FactCheck re ClimateGate/Swifthack, the post concludes: here’s a pop quiz for LGF readers — who said […]

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Tags: Global Warming · global warming deniers

If they can’t be trusted with Photoshop, should they direct our energy future?

December 10th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Matt Ortega, Astrotruth.org, caught the American Petroleum Institute photoshopping a stock photo to make the group look a bit more like America. Oops … put a black head on a body but forgot to color in the hands. (Perhaps their graphic ‘artist’ failed color within the lines?) Rachel Maddow followed up … and provided some […]

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Tags: Energy

Somewhere Between Falsehoods and Science, Fred Hiatt finds truth?

December 10th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Within journalism, there is a real challenge. Are there, truly, two sides to every issue? Should all voices be treated equally? Do journalists have a responsibility to assess statements for truthfulness or is the job simply to be a transcriber and “reporter” of whatever is told to them? How can one be “objective”, be “honest”, […]

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Tags: Global Warming · global warming deniers · journalism · Washington Post

Throwing around the “Hitler” term

December 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Success is the important thing. Propaganda is not a matter for average minds, but rather a matter for practitioners. It is not supposed to be lovely or theoretically correct. I do not care if I give wonderful, aesthetically elegant speeches, or speak so that women cry. The point of a political speech is to persuade […]

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Tags: climate change · climate delayers · Global Warming · global warming deniers