For more than a decade the Global Climate Coalition, a group representing industries with profits tied to fossil fuels, led an aggressive lobbying and public relations campaign against the idea that emissions of heat-trapping gases could lead to global warming. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
I found this story more than a little convoluted, not to mention a bit irresponsible. While the Times acknowledges that the news media incorporated the Global Climate Coalition's message in order to "balance" the story, they don't necessarily take blame for helping to perpetrate the confusion about climate change. In fact, in the very next paragraph, the author incorporates a quote from a GCC representative who once again questions the science of global warming. It appears the Times has a short attention span. It wasn't too long ago that members of the scientific community met up with members of the news media to inform them that, in the case of climate change, it was simply ignorant to balance a story with dissonant views, when the science on climate change is proven theory.
