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WSJ Opinion Journal: Don't Believe the Hype
"Al Gore is wrong. There's no "consensus" on global warming."
Richard S. Lindzen (Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Atmospheric Science at MIT) Sunday, July 2, 2006 12:01 a.m. EDT

First, nonscientists generally do not want to bother with understanding the science...

Secondly, given that the question of human attribution largely cannot be resolved, its use in promoting visions of disaster constitutes nothing so much as a bait-and-switch scam...

Lastly, there is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition...

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AP INCORRECTLY CLAIMS SCIENTISTS PRAISE GORE’S MOVIE

The June 27, 2006 Associated Press (AP) article titled “Scientists OK Gore’s Movie for Accuracy” by Seth Borenstein raises some serious questions about AP’s bias and methodology.

AP chose to ignore the scores of scientists who have harshly criticized the science presented in former Vice President Al Gore’s movie “An Inconvenient Truth.”

In the interest of full disclosure, the AP should release the names of the “more than 100 top climate researchers” they attempted to contact to review “An Inconvenient Truth.” AP should also name all 19 scientists who gave Gore “five stars for accuracy.” AP claims 19 scientists viewed Gore’s movie, but it only quotes five of them in its article. AP should also release the names of the so-called scientific “skeptics” they claim to have contacted.

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