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7 Responses to “New Scientist’s guide for the perplexed on climate change”

1. 1 Brian
   May 19th, 2007 at 10:46 pm

   Thanks, suz, it’s a very useful resource.

2. 2 Graham Bell
   May 23rd, 2007 at 11:14 pm

   Suz:
   And I’ll second Brian’s motion. Very handy,

3. 3 Lefty E
   May 24th, 2007 at 12:54 am

   Political pressure at the ABC from Howard’s climate denial squad.

   http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/interference-claim-at-abc/2007/05/23/1179601487356.html

4. 4 Brian
   May 24th, 2007 at 9:32 am

   The program [The Great Global Warming Swindle to be broadcast in July] caused a storm when it was aired on Britain’s Channel 4 in March, with accusations by scientists — including some of those featured in the film — that its makers used fabricated data, half-truths and misleading statements.

   ABC science journalist and broadcaster Robyn Williams, who advised the TV division not to buy the program, yesterday accused the broadcaster of “verging on the irresponsible” over its decision to air something that was “demonstrably wrong”.

   Mr Williams said that ABC TV director Kim Dalton had intimated in a conversation last month that he was under pressure about the issue from the board, which includes right-wing commentators Janet Albrechtsen and Keith Windschuttle.

   Scandalous, really.

5. 5 dj
   May 24th, 2007 at 11:58 am

   Why not run the program and then take the time to go through all the things it got wrong.

   That should only take up the next 24 hours or so of broadcast time…

6. 6 tigtog
   May 24th, 2007 at 12:23 pm

   I heard Robyn Williams on the radio this morning and he was pointing out that this following on the heels of rubbish like “Psychic Detectives” (and something else I can’t remember) that the ABC showed recently, seems to him like a deliberate ploy to show credulous rubbish on Auntie so that she becomes devalued as a trustworthy source of information.

7. 7 adrian
   May 24th, 2007 at 12:30 pm

   seems to him like a deliberate ploy to show credulous rubbish on Auntie so that she becomes devalued as a trustworthy source of information.

   ‘Her’ own news services and political correspondents seem to be doing a very good job of this all by themselves.

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