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Lodestar

(2,388 posts)
Wed Apr 8, 2015, 01:37 AM Apr 2015

Merchants of Doubt - a documentary film

LA TIMES - This enthralling film, based on the book by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway, is as fascinating as it is horrifying. It gives a peek behind the curtain of how public opinion is formed in this country, how spin doctors and media manipulators — often the same folks working across a whole range of issues — get people to ignore science at their own peril.

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Merchants of Doubt - a documentary film (Original Post) Lodestar Apr 2015 OP
Naomi Oreskes - Merchants Of Doubt Lecture - Very Good - Worth Watching cantbeserious Apr 2015 #1
K&R n/t handmade34 Apr 2015 #2
Spreading doubt in the victim is #1 on the to do list of an Abuser! Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #3
"The global warming bill is now due but the invisible hand (of the market) never valerief Apr 2015 #4
The new Republican talking point is "80% of Americans identify as Christian." yallerdawg Apr 2015 #5
Will trade agreements like the TPP jalan48 Apr 2015 #6
Weird father founding Apr 2015 #7

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)
3. Spreading doubt in the victim is #1 on the to do list of an Abuser!
Wed Apr 8, 2015, 08:48 AM
Apr 2015

This rule stands in a single relationship or a corporate relationship to its employee or a billionaires relationship to the useless eaters.

valerief

(53,235 posts)
4. "The global warming bill is now due but the invisible hand (of the market) never
Wed Apr 8, 2015, 10:06 AM
Apr 2015

picks up the check."

Bingo.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
5. The new Republican talking point is "80% of Americans identify as Christian."
Wed Apr 8, 2015, 11:02 AM
Apr 2015

This 80% of Americans are under siege by the LGBT agenda, and their basic right of Constitutional religious freedom is being trampled, the right to refuse service to a particular class of people.

So, if just 1 scientist out of 99 is a paid shill for climate denial forces, we can expect 80% of our fellow Americans will fall for just about anything, considering they fundamentally don't need facts or scientific proof.

The Merchants of Doubt are starting with fertile ground.

jalan48

(13,882 posts)
6. Will trade agreements like the TPP
Wed Apr 8, 2015, 12:29 PM
Apr 2015

simply allow corporations to tell us what the correct scientific information is? Will corporations even need to debate with governments about issues like climate change, or will they simply sue countries whose environmental policies run counter to global corporate policy?

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