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Old 09-25-2011, 02:41 PM   #560 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Arragonis View Post
Bollocks.
The entire content of it is a highly partisan piece, extremely one-sided. It would lead you to believe that all scientists agree on this issue, but that is simply not the case. Suggesting that anyone who disagrees is either a political hack or being paid off by oil companies amounts to propagating a lie.

By definition this is a propaganda piece, not a news story. But nowadays the news is so slanted or 'spun' by the entire media that we can no longer tell the difference.

Quoted from the piece: "EDITOR'S NOTE: Climate change has already provoked debate in a U.S. presidential campaign barely begun. An Associated Press journalist draws on decades of climate reporting to offer a retrospective and analysis on global warming and the undying urge to deny."

That's a disclaimer. This is an EDITORIAL, and the disclaimer admits it. It is OPINION (meant to persuade and influence). It is not FACT.