I am not a subscriber, but have come across the issue of the magazine in my doctor's waiting room. This article makes me believe even stronger that global warming IS the convenient untruth, i.e. a hoax. The entire article talks about politics of global warming, rather than about the scientific facts, and its tone ridicules the opponents. This is an example of bad journalism, yet a few pages later you berate Fox for setting up an alternative.
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The clear implication of Sharon Begley’s article is that refutations of the global-warming phenomenon are somehow disingenuous and contrived, while the pronouncements of those with opposite views are heartfelt and enlightened. Why is it that the efforts of oil companies and conservative think tanks to alter public opinion represent an evil conspiracy, when the efforts of Al Gore, et al., are good and noble? Could it be that one side disagrees with Begley, and the other does not? The hard questions about global warming are not about whether the actions of mankind can alter the environment (of course they can), they are about what, if anything, our society should do about it.
Evan D. Coobs
Champaign, Ill.
Your article on global warming clearly wants to promote the agenda of those who have concluded that this is a problem and that we are the cause. Emotionally charged terms such as “the denial machine,” “naysayers” and “greenhouse doubters” are used in an obvious attempt to promote one point of view, and to disparage anyone who might disagree with the premise that global warming is a result solely of the generation of greenhouse gases by industrialized nations, primarily the United States. The Earth’s climate change is controlled by many factors—in addition to greenhouse gases—and there are many different scientific opinions regarding which of these factors is the most significant. I, for one, will wait for an honest comparison of these factors before I decide if there is a global-warming problem, and if so, if it is caused by human use of hydrocarbon fuels. It does not appear that I will be able to look to NEWSWEEK for such an honest comparison.
Frank J. Rio
Manchester, Conn.
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