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If you're reading the Wall Street Journal, you're part of the problem

For reasons that can only reflect poorly on the paper, the Wall Street Journal recently decided it was a good idea to publish an op-ed that recycled some the of the most soundly discredited notions associated with the climate change denial movement. The piece was signed by 16 ostensible "scientists," though only four have any experience with climatology, and even they work on the extreme fringes of respectable research.
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Open Thread for Night Owls: Climate change and the Foxification of the Wall Street Journal

US Politics / Liberal : Daily Kos (last year)

Last Friday, the Wall Street Journal published an Op-Ed from 16 scientists and engineers titled No Need to Panic About Global Warming. It was excremental, going so far as to compare climate scientists with discredited Lysenkoism. On... Read Post

Error-Riddled Matt Ridley Piece Lowballs Climate Change, Discredits Wall Street Journal. World Faces 10°F.

Issues & Causes / Climate Change : Climate Progress (5 months ago)

Leading Scientists Debunk Ridley Piece, Even Climatologist Cited by WSJ Says Ridley “Is Just Plain Wrong About Future Warming” Memo to media, deniers: “Climate sensitivity” is NOT the same as projected future warming! Projected warm... Read Post

If you’re reading the Wall Street Journal, you’re part of the problem

Issues & Causes / Climate Change : Class M (12 months ago)

For reasons that can only reflect poorly on the paper, the Wall Street Journal recently decided it was a good idea to publish an op-ed that recycled some the of the most soundly discredited notions associated with the climate change... Read Post


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