Rupert Murdoch Talks Up How Green NewsCorp Is; 2 Days Later, Australian Runs Lie-Packed Op-Ed
The scientific consensus that climate change is caused by human activity reached 100 percent this year. All 11,602 studies published on the issue in the first seven months of 2019 reflected this reality, according to a study published last week in the Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society (h/t Ed Maibach.) Also published last Wednesday? This story by Graham Readfearn, wherein Rupert Murdoch is asked why NewsCorp gives climate deniers
so much airtime in Australia? In response, Murdoch assured stockholders that there are no climate change deniers around NewsCorp, and then rattled off some stats about reducing the companys carbon footprint.
Phew! What a relief to know that Murdochs multi-continental media machine gives no platform to climate deniers. Oh, whats that? We should maybe take a look and see if perhaps Murdoch is in denial about the rampant denial in his news outlets?
Hmm, actually, yes; it seems just two days after Murdochs assurance, his Australian ran a lovely op-ed by Ian Plimer that claims there are no carbon emissions and it has never been shown that human emissions of carbon dioxide drive global warming. Doesnt get much more denier-y than that!
ClimateFeedback had its actual experts look at the piece. As it turns out, carbon emissions are real, and are driving climate change, despite Plimers denials. Shocking, we know. Reviewer Mark Richardson notes that some of these false statements have been obviously wrong for years. Willem Huiskamp, another expert, offers a possible explanation for what he describes as Plimers absurd collection of non-sequiturs, distortions, and outright falsehoods that have been thoroughly debunked over the past decade, asserting that this is obvious propaganda from someone with close financial ties to the fossil fuel industry.
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/27/1902206/-Ian-Plimer-Proves-Murdoch-Wrong-With-Climate-Denial-Rant-In-NewsCorp-s-Australian