{"id":33,"date":"2013-10-01T10:17:40","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T10:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/environment\/?p=33"},"modified":"2025-02-26T13:20:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T13:20:40","slug":"do-people-really-believe-the-daily-mail-telegraph-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/environment\/2013\/10\/01\/do-people-really-believe-the-daily-mail-telegraph-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"Do people really believe the Daily Mail \/ Telegraph anymore?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once again I am fascinated to see yet another piece denying climate change in a popular right-wing newspaper <\/a>despite the wealth of evidence to the contrary<\/h2>\n

Really?<\/em><\/h2>\n

There’s a very nicely written piece here <\/a>responding to it<\/p>\n

Every headline news bulletin led with something along the lines of ‘Man-made climate change causes <\/a>‘even more certain” on Friday and yet, the Telegraph respond with a ‘it’s all mumbo jumbo’ piece<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What frightens me are the thousands of supportive comments at the end.<\/p>\n

You can’t fix stupid eh? <\/em><\/h3>\n

I am a (less stupid) visual person and prefer the following images:<\/p>\n

\"Global-Warming-Chart-FULL-OcEd\"<\/a>\"Climate-Science-Versus-Public-Opinion-\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Is this really a conversation we have to keep repeating?<\/em><\/h3>\n

“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.”<\/strong>(Arthur Schopenhauer).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Guess we’re stuck in the second stage.<\/p>\n

Yes it’s easier to keep denying there’s a problem but it’s not very intelligent. How’s about we just focus on making the world we live in a nicer place for everyone?<\/p>\n

\"Climate<\/a><\/p>\n

If changing your behaviour is too much trouble, here’s something positive you can do from the comfort of your own computer:
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