Comments on: False Balance in Matthew Nisbet's Climate Shift Report http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/04/21/false-balance-in-matthew-nisbets-climate-shift-report/ Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:28:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Why did environmentalists pursue cap-and-trade and was it a doomed strategy? | Grist http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/04/21/false-balance-in-matthew-nisbets-climate-shift-report/#comment-52729 Why did environmentalists pursue cap-and-trade and was it a doomed strategy? | Grist Fri, 29 Apr 2011 01:21:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=17460#comment-52729 [...] of counterfactual history on the climate bill in The New Republic and elsewhere based in part on a widely debunked "false narrative." Since cap-and-trade has been so vilified by the entire right wing and [...] [...] of counterfactual history on the climate bill in The New Republic and elsewhere based in part on a widely debunked "false narrative." Since cap-and-trade has been so vilified by the entire right wing and [...]

]]> By: OPISO » Why did environmentalists pursue cap-and-trade and was it a doomed strategy? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/04/21/false-balance-in-matthew-nisbets-climate-shift-report/#comment-52728 OPISO » Why did environmentalists pursue cap-and-trade and was it a doomed strategy? Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:52:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=17460#comment-52728 [...] of counterfactual history on the climate bill in The New Republic and elsewhere based in part on a widely debunked “false narrative.” Since cap-and-trade has been so vilified by the entire [...] [...] of counterfactual history on the climate bill in The New Republic and elsewhere based in part on a widely debunked “false narrative.” Since cap-and-trade has been so vilified by the entire [...]

]]> By: Anna Haynes http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/04/21/false-balance-in-matthew-nisbets-climate-shift-report/#comment-52727 Anna Haynes Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:36:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=17460#comment-52727 25-Apr-2011, on Eurekalert: "<a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-04/au-ic042511.php" rel="nofollow">In cap and trade fight, environmentalists had spending edge over opponents, new report finds</a> - American University" 25-Apr-2011, on Eurekalert: “In cap and trade fight, environmentalists had spending edge over opponents, new report finds – American University”

]]> By: False narratives and ozone revisionism | Sinting Link http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/04/21/false-balance-in-matthew-nisbets-climate-shift-report/#comment-52726 False narratives and ozone revisionism | Sinting Link Tue, 26 Apr 2011 02:37:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=17460#comment-52726 [...] Matthew Nisbet’s contrarian “Climate Shift” report has been rightly criticised for claiming that green groups outspent opponents of climate action, that the era of false balance in the media was over and for his own falsely balanced coverage. [...] [...] Matthew Nisbet’s contrarian “Climate Shift” report has been rightly criticised for claiming that green groups outspent opponents of climate action, that the era of false balance in the media was over and for his own falsely balanced coverage. [...]

]]> By: TTT http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/04/21/false-balance-in-matthew-nisbets-climate-shift-report/#comment-52725 TTT Mon, 25 Apr 2011 23:09:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=17460#comment-52725 @86: yeah, like they reported on Iraqi WMDs as truth. This is at least the 3rd time that you've used "who spoke first / who got to speak longest" as a stand-in for accuracy. It is sophomoric and cowardly. @86: yeah, like they reported on Iraqi WMDs as truth. This is at least the 3rd time that you’ve used “who spoke first / who got to speak longest” as a stand-in for accuracy. It is sophomoric and cowardly.

]]> By: The Unfair Reception of the Climate Shift Report Shows That Greens Need to Be More Open to New Ideas - Ecocentric - TIME.com http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/04/21/false-balance-in-matthew-nisbets-climate-shift-report/#comment-52724 The Unfair Reception of the Climate Shift Report Shows That Greens Need to Be More Open to New Ideas - Ecocentric - TIME.com Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:57:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=17460#comment-52724 [...] of The Republican War on Science and Unscientific America, who has worked with Nisbet in the past—complained that Nisbet had glossed over the role of the Bush Administration and Republicans in general in undermining [...] [...] of The Republican War on Science and Unscientific America, who has worked with Nisbet in the past—complained that Nisbet had glossed over the role of the Bush Administration and Republicans in general in undermining [...]

]]> By: John http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/04/21/false-balance-in-matthew-nisbets-climate-shift-report/#comment-52723 John Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:15:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=17460#comment-52723 The media is still reporting Nisbet's report as the truth. Even the NY Times isn't buying the Romm / Mooney smear campaign. The media is still reporting Nisbet’s report as the truth. Even the NY Times isn’t buying the Romm / Mooney smear campaign.

]]> By: Beyond the Climate Blame Game - NYTimes.com http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/04/21/false-balance-in-matthew-nisbets-climate-shift-report/#comment-52722 Beyond the Climate Blame Game - NYTimes.com Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:18:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=17460#comment-52722 [...] before his post, writing: There has been a lot of criticism of Nisbet’s report, including in the Discover and Climate Progress blogs, not unlike the criticism that surrounded the Death of Environmentalism [...] [...] before his post, writing: There has been a lot of criticism of Nisbet’s report, including in the Discover and Climate Progress blogs, not unlike the criticism that surrounded the Death of Environmentalism [...]

]]> By: #128) The Nisbet Report: Bash the Messenger (if you must), but Hear the Message | The Benshi http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/04/21/false-balance-in-matthew-nisbets-climate-shift-report/#comment-52721 #128) The Nisbet Report: Bash the Messenger (if you must), but Hear the Message | The Benshi Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:36:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=17460#comment-52721 [...] by Nisbet’s former, “Framing Science,” colleague Chris Mooney, who used the term, “False Balance,” in the title of his assessment of the report. Lots of other folks weighed in on the accuracy of [...] [...] by Nisbet’s former, “Framing Science,” colleague Chris Mooney, who used the term, “False Balance,” in the title of his assessment of the report. Lots of other folks weighed in on the accuracy of [...]

]]> By: Susan Anderson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/04/21/false-balance-in-matthew-nisbets-climate-shift-report/#comment-52720 Susan Anderson Sun, 24 Apr 2011 01:55:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=17460#comment-52720 Equating funding for real stuff - research, satellites, probes, collection, etc. - with lobbying money is an old contrarian trick. Fake as always. It appears they have also adopted the label "bully". It was too good to lose, wasn't it. The bullies in this case are Luntz, the fossil fuel behemoths, and their tricky maze of think tanks and partisan promotions. The Inhofe Senate website has been a good place to find these propaganda tricks hiding in plain sight. Joe Romm is outraged, and rightly so. But he backs up his claims with facts and expertise. Repeating labels over and over creates an alternative description so people don't have to look at the alternative information. I have no personal animus towards any of these guys, but when someone placed in authority starts to spout this line of country, we can all see where they've been. You can run but you cannot hide. Equating funding for real stuff – research, satellites, probes, collection, etc. – with lobbying money is an old contrarian trick. Fake as always.

It appears they have also adopted the label “bully”. It was too good to lose, wasn’t it. The bullies in this case are Luntz, the fossil fuel behemoths, and their tricky maze of think tanks and partisan promotions. The Inhofe Senate website has been a good place to find these propaganda tricks hiding in plain sight.

Joe Romm is outraged, and rightly so. But he backs up his claims with facts and expertise. Repeating labels over and over creates an alternative description so people don’t have to look at the alternative information.

I have no personal animus towards any of these guys, but when someone placed in authority starts to spout this line of country, we can all see where they’ve been. You can run but you cannot hide.

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