Posted by jo abbess
on November 3, 2009, 11:00 am
MEDIA RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION
Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science
DeSmogBlog co-founder releases new book on techniques used to manipulate public perception of global warming
VANCOUVER, B.C. (October 14, 2009) - The climate "debate" ends with the release of Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming". This stunning and courageous book shows beyond doubt that the public controversy over climate change is entirely bogus - an unsavory [sic] invention of the same people who once got us to argue about the health effects of tobacco or the risks of asbestos [cue : Christopher Booker], dioxin, or lead.
That's right: the climate debte is a public relations creation - and PR expert James Hoggan (with journalist Richard Littlemore) shows exactly how it was done. They document the early days of the campaign to create doubt. They dig up the corporate strategy papers, analyze [sic] the tactics and expose the strategies. They point fingers and they name names.
Climate Cover-Up is a brisk, readable book that is sure to leave you seething at the record of public manipulation, of staggering deceit. It will also change the way you listen to mainstream media - those public watchdogs who have been overwhelmed by a global PR machine too often in the service of special interests at the expense of the public interest.
As the world prepares for the Copenhagen climate summit in December, it is critical to understand when people are talking about science and when they are talking about greed, selfishness and inter-generational betrayal. Climate Cover-Up tells the tale...
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http://www.desmogblog.com/reviews-climate-cover-starting-roll
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2009/10/climate-cover-up-a-brief-review/
http://www.joabbess.com/2009/11/02/everyone-should-read-this/
http://www.joabbess.com
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