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To: Always Right
while only 3% offer balanced coverage.

If "balanced coverage" means getting a counterpoint quote from a member of the list of skeptics below:

List of scientists opposing global warming consensus

then it's not balanced, it's skewed in favor of the skeptics. Why? Because getting a quote from a skeptical source expressing the opinion that there might be some uncertainty about the results of a particular study increases the perception that there is uncertainty about the results of a particular study, even if there actually isn't much uncertainty!

29 posted on 12/20/2006 2:16:23 PM PST by cogitator
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To: cogitator
Because getting a quote from a skeptical source expressing the opinion that there might be some uncertainty about the results of a particular study increases the perception that there is uncertainty about the results of a particular study, even if there actually isn't much uncertainty!

LOL, and on a related note, just because you are parinoid does not mean they aren't out to get you.

31 posted on 12/20/2006 2:33:14 PM PST by Always Right
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Why? Because getting a quote from a skeptical source expressing the opinion that there might be some uncertainty about the results of a particular study increases the perception that there is uncertainty about the results of a particular study, even if there actually isn't much uncertainty!

Reasonable people disagree. It's best to hear them out.

34 posted on 12/20/2006 2:45:10 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (“Don’t overestimate the decency of the human race.” —H. L. Mencken)
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