Scientist to CEI: You Used My Research To "Confuse and Mislead"

FactCheck by Justin Bank | May. 26, 2006 (News Analysis)

The Competitive Enterprise Institute runs ads saying "The Antarctic ice sheet is getting thicker." A professor objects, saying CEI deliberately misrepresents his research. The business-backed Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) released two ads last week to "counter global warming alarmism."

One of the ads says research shows "The Antarctic ice sheet is getting thicker, not thinner. . . Why are they trying to scare us?" Actually, scientists ... Full Story »

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by Marius Chitosca - Oct. 1, 2008

It's a well sourced analysis article that fairly deconstructs CEI's ads messages. It shows the way CEI construct their defense step by step, as the lacks or misrepresentations of their previous statements are disclosed. They try to change the place of the incriminated with the one of the incriminator, by a seemingly honest data confrontation. They may try to play "Devil's Advocate" with that "both sides of the story" strategy and by defending "our way of life." They may aim to mislead, divide opinions, which makes common action more difficult, and to lure people's comfortable feeling of "Well, if it isn't that bad, there's no need to act and to completely change our way of life."

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