The Weekend Wonk: Naomi Oreskes and the Merchants of Doubt
September 16, 2011
See today’s post on the Tobacco Denial Industry. The same folks that brought you “Doctor’s Prefer Camels” are today bringing you “There is no global warming”.
Below, you can also watch Oreske’s longer “American Denial of Global Warming”.
Climate Denial Crock of the Week 
September 16, 2011 at 11:04 pm
very good interview of Ms. Oreske- there is indeed an intrenched bunch of power hungry plutocrats running this country- too bad we have a President who is afraid to confront them.
September 17, 2011 at 11:42 am
Oreskes is certainly a nuanced thinker, and seems to treat such a contentious matter very objectively. She is a model for how to address deniers.
September 18, 2011 at 6:21 pm
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February 22, 2012 at 1:28 am
Orekes is a merchant of 97 per cent certainty. Given the nature of the hypothesis and recent work casting uncertainty even rejection, Orekes is the mirror image of those she accuses.
February 22, 2012 at 4:18 am
please document “recent work casting uncertainty”.
remember, the voices in Glenn Beck’s head are not peer reviewed….
July 23, 2015 at 4:57 am
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