When the right-wing gets a big talking point, you can usually count on there being more to the story. So when some scientists' emails were stolen, and FOX "News" and the rest started saying they proved global warming a.k.a. climate change was a hoax, my b.s. antennae went up. Below is an excerpt showing exactly how.
And as a personal note, how can reasonable people not believe that 6-7 billion people spewing garbage into the air might cause problems?
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Quick Fact: Baier falsely suggested allegedly hacked emails dispute global warming science
On Special Report, host Bret Baier falsely suggested that a series of emails reportedly stolen from the UK's Climate Research Unit (CRU) creates a "basis for disputing global warming." In fact, the validity of climate science is not hinged on the contents of these emails, some of which conservative media have taken out of context; reports from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the leading scientific body for assessing climate change research, are the product of thousands of scientists worldwide. . .
Read more at: Media Matters
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