Royal Society defends scientists working on climate change from lobbyists

BBC Newsnight presents a special report by George Monbiot.

The Royal Society wrote a cease and desist letter to Exxon Mobil asking them to stop funding organisations that misrepresent the scientific consensus on climate change.

This is in response to the CEI adverts on "glaciers" with the tag line:

CO2 - They call it pollution, we call it life

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[oneoffmanmental]

[7] Sometimes the norm of "balance" created a bias in favor of the mainstream left and mainstream right, marginalizing other views. On occasion, it meant that reporters gave excessive space to demonstrably false opinions, because they saw their job as reporting what prominent people said, not what was right."

[oneoffmanmental]

To call the president a liar is to editorialize; to quote someone who holds that view is to report a fact. But one still has to choose whom to quote, and the tendency is to interview famous, powerful, or credentialed sources--often those with talents or budgets for public relations and axes to grind. In 1999, 78 percent of respondents to a national survey agreed: "powerful people can get stories into the paper--or keep them out."

[oneoffmanmental]

In the study that allegedly says the polar sheets are growing, the author says:

"These television ads are a deliberate effort to confuse and mislead the public about the global warming debate," Davis said. "They are selectively using only parts of my previous research to support their claims. They are not telling the entire story to the public."

Calling for balance is ridiculous when we're talking about primary knowledge - should we have balance in the "discussion" over gravity?

[hewpiedawg]

I wasn't commentin gon Monbiot in this video. The Royal Society issued a cease and desist order against CEI.  When are they going to issue such an order against exaggerative environmentalist hysterics? That is what I asked. I am asking for balance.

[oneoffmanmental]

In the Royal Society study, as well as studies conducted by other scientists, environmentalists were found to not be exaggerating claims to the same extent as the CEI.

There is a difference between exaggeration and misrepresentation.

[hewpiedawg]

When are they going to write a cease and desist letter to hysterical exaggerating environmentalists?

[oneoffmanmental]

and how is George Monbiot in this film:

a) hysterical (look it up in a dictionary)

and

b) exaggerating

Yes, his solutions are sometimes a little extreme for my tastes, but his primary knowledge on the topic is spot on.

[xdir]

Royal Society is a serious scientific organisation, they are telling CEI to stop making claims that are scientifically wrong yet dressed up to look like scientific fact. The RS is protecting Science in the debate not environmentalists.

[jmtoriel]

The UN should take CEI to global court and prove its worth. They owe the next generation tonnes...

[WoodyAndrews]

...Oh,more,more and wider please, like SHOUT !!!

[Worsthoofd]

They will do that as soon as the 'hysterical exaggerating environmentalists' are infact exaggerating.