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From another list - what about the ethics of writing & publishing apparently erroneous information with the apparent intention of misleading people about the environment? -Tc Anthony R. S. Chiaviello, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Professional Writing Department of English University of Houston-Downtown One Main Street Houston, TX 77002-0001 713.221.8520 / 713.868.3979 "Question Reality" > ---------- > From: john delicath[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 11:03 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: "The Skeptical Environmentalist" > > More good stuff to use to in teaching your environmental > communication courses about: rhetoric and the public sphere; > argumentation and evidence in environmental controversies; > counter-science; environmental opposition discourses; environmental > matters and the mass media, etc > best, > JD > > DUPED BY "The Skeptical Environmentalist" > > The New York Times, Washington Post, > The Economist and Others Got Suckered > > Bjorn Lomborg's new book, "The Skeptical Environmentalist," says the > Earth's environment is getting better, not worse. Don't fret over ozone > depletion, species extinction, or acid rain, Lomborg says. Pesky > environmentalists are using bad science to scare us. > > A NEW YORK TIMES writer called the book, "a substantial work of > analysis." A WASHINGTON POST reviewer gushed over Lomborg's "magnificent > achievement." THE ECONOMIST, TIME INTERNATIONAL, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE and > many other respected publications swallowed the book whole, legitimized > it, and made it a hit. > > But the supposedly skeptical press got suckered by the Danish author. > Find out how at TomPaine.com. > > READ OUR OP AD... > http://www.TomPaine.com/opad > > > AND READ THESE OP-AD FEATURES... > > > THE TABLOID ENVIRONMENTALIST > How a Pseudo-Scientist Duped the Big Media -- Big Time > by Colin Woodard for TomPaine.com > "Here's one guy taking on a whole spectrum of issues, who has never > written a paper on any of them, and is in opposition to absolutely > everyone in the field, Nobel Prize winners and all. It ought to have > raised some red flags." > http://www.tompaine.com/news/2001/12/07/index.html > > > SOMETHING IS ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF DENMARK > A skeptical look at "The Skeptical Environmentalist" > GristMagazine.com commissioned an extensive series of reviews of > Lomborg's book by leading scientists. The series is a devestating > rebuttal, and shows just how badly the media got duped. Here's your > guide -- with links -- to the series. > http://www.tompaine.com/features/2001/12/11/1.html > > > > > > > > > > > John Delicath > Assistant Professor, Department of Communication > Research Associate, Center for Environmental Communication Studies > University of Cincinnati > (513) 556-4442 > [log in to unmask] >