Friday, August 19th, 2011
Stephan: The growth of the trend of willful ignorance should be a matter of concern to everyone still interested in facts. The Right has a contempt for science believing its research constitutes just another political argument. Part of the process used by deniers is the false equivalency argument which the corporate media likes because it creates sensoids and conflict. We are better than this, and I ask you to contact one least one of your local media outlets and demand they stop using false equivalent debates.
Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry suggested Wednesday that global warming is a hoax perpetrated by scientists who are motivated by cash.
‘There are a substantial number of scientists who have manipulated data so that they will have dollars rolling into their projects,