“To me this seems like a classic case of propaganda: solidify public opinion on the matter, making the actual scientific data secondary, and when rebuttals are made on the release data in May, they won’t make the headlines because public sentiment has already been “fixed” (i.e. it’s too late to roll back the wave).”
Oh, so we should discard the peer-review process in favor of a mass appeal to popularity? Keep in mind this is the same public the elected George W. Bush.
Twice.
This article reminds me of the mentality of the cult of denialsim…
