Editor Dissects Skeptical Attack on AP Survey of Scientists' Views of Gore Film

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When the Associated Press released its survey of climate scientistsโ€”virtually all of whom said โ€œAn Inconvenient Truthโ€ faithfully portrayed climate scienceโ€”an aide toย skeptical Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) released a press release headlined โ€œAP Incorrectly Claims Scientists Praise Gore’sย Movie.โ€ย  Jim Motavalliโ€”editor of โ€œE/the Environmental Magazineโ€โ€”dug into this exercise in disinformation to sort it all out.ย 

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