Comments on: climate, blogging, la presse http://hughmcguire.net/2007/02/20/climate-blogging-la-presse/ publishing, technology, media, philosophy, a bit of politics. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:02:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hugh http://hughmcguire.net/2007/02/20/climate-blogging-la-presse/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Hugh Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:17:17 +0000 http://hughmcguire.net/?p=65#comment-42 right, and the strategy in the blogosphere is not to argue with the original blogger, but to cast doubt in the minds of other readers of the post.... right, and the strategy in the blogosphere is not to argue with the original blogger, but to cast doubt in the minds of other readers of the post….

]]> By: Stéphane Z. http://hughmcguire.net/2007/02/20/climate-blogging-la-presse/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Stéphane Z. Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:09:20 +0000 http://hughmcguire.net/?p=65#comment-41 Paid or have interest into it. If you want you can read Desmog blog (http://www.desmogblog.com/), a website dedicated to debunk PR strategies against climate change. Oil firms and others are paying think tank to spread the word against Kyoto. Even if their official voice admits the existence of climate change, they still try to set a doubt. It's hard to fight them because they usually bring scientific arguments you can't debunk unless you're a climatologist or unless you spend to find counter-arguments... Paid or have interest into it. If you want you can read Desmog blog (http://www.desmogblog.com/), a website dedicated to debunk PR strategies against climate change. Oil firms and others are paying think tank to spread the word against Kyoto.

Even if their official voice admits the existence of climate change, they still try to set a doubt. It’s hard to fight them because they usually bring scientific arguments you can’t debunk unless you’re a climatologist or unless you spend to find counter-arguments…

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