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As I noted in a Wednesday column , a number of reporters have recently had to revisit the most fundamental question about climate change: Is the Earth actually warming up. The book SuperFreakonomics and an article by the BBC have received widespread criticism for arguing that there is evidence ...
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Another week of GW News, November 1, 2009
A Few Things Ill Considered —
... our friends from outer space have been taking it in the chin. WFC wrap up: 2009/10/27: TreeHugger: Conclusions of the 2009 World Forestry Congress SuperFreakonomics is still getting free publicity: 2009/10/31: GreenFyre: Ouch ... more Superfreakonomic Uber-Pwnage (all sorts) 2009/10/30: EnvEcon: Real climate scientists aren't happy [SuperFree] 2009/10/31: EnvEcon: This is really scary -- I continue to cringe at the SuperFreakonomics reviews, but... 2009/10/30: CJR: More On Super Freaks and Troubling Temps 2009/10/30: ClimateP: Rep. Jay Inslee ...
Pwn-Fest continues despite Superfreaks PR spin attempts
Greenfyre's —
... and Curtis Brainard for “The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart, on the other, conducted a rather servile interview with Steven Levitt … ” Yes, “servile” describes it perfectly. ...
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