August 2007

Newsweek is a magazine whose name is only half right. They publish each week, but their content? News? Not so much . . .

This time, Newsweek (a part of the far left MSNBC media) published an article proclaiming that those of us who challenge the ‘consensus’ that the planet is doomed, are in fact part of a massive ‘Denial Machine.’ In the article, the authors claim that there is yet another ‘vast conspiracy’ funded by the oil companies and pushed by research groups like the Competitive Enterprise Institute. They claim that this ‘machine’ is well-funded, but wait! The promoters of the ‘consensus’ are funded way more than the ‘deniers.’

Senator James Inhofe (R – Okla), on the Senate EPW Minority Blog, points out that Newsweek ignored his statistics on relative funding levels of both sides of the issue:

The only problem is — Newsweek knew better. Reporter Eve Conant, who interviewed Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), the Ranking Member of the Environment & Public Works Committee, was given all the latest data proving conclusively that it is the proponents of man-made global warming fears that enjoy a monumental funding advantage over the skeptics. (A whopping $50 BILLION to a paltry $19 MILLION for skeptics – Yes, that is BILLION to MILLION . . .)

The ‘Planet Gore‘ blog also published some interesting things about this Newsweek article:

Newsweek: “The Denial Machine”. Newsweek tries to marginalize global warming opposition by coining the phrase “the denial machine” in this week’s issue.

Newsweek Clueless: How the Tail Wagged the Dog. Newsweek’s cover story, by Sharon Begley and three colleagues, purports to be an expose of the global-warming “denial machine” and how it keeps America Kyoto-free.

More on Newsweek Cover Story. Marlo and Henry have commented well on the Newsweek cover story, and especially the lead item referring to the crazy story out a few months ago involving me and AEI in supposedly trying to “bribe” scientists to undermine the IPCC.

This is the same Newsweek magazine that predicted an ice age was coming in the 1970’s. Can anyone doubt the left-wing agenda of publishers like Newsweek?