Movie Review: ‘Greedy Lying Bastards’ — Global Warming Skeptics Indicted, or Epic Advocacy Failure?

PR man James Hoggan claims sheer repetition of fossil fuel industry-funded talking points is winning the hearts and minds of the public. But how many times does some variant of the word “deny” occur from this point onward in the film? And regarding his point that skeptics are given free rein in the media, what would his explanation be regarding the utter lack of such skeptics appearing on news outlets like the PBS NewsHour giving their unrestrained viewpoints for the last 17+ years?

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Via @collegeatlantic President @HumanEcologist: "The trades have been executed" COA has divested. http://newsworthy.coa.edu/2013/03/coa-divests … #gofossilfree

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MEPs say will stop clock on airline emissions rules for only 1 year and call for substantial agreement at global level by Sept #ets #carbon

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.@billmckibben The problem has never been the risk of running *out* of fossil fuels. We can't afford the #climate cost of burning them.