The Australian's War on Science 76: Dad Jokes
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Imre Salusinszky is now using Dad jokes in the Australian's war on science
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The Australian's War on Science 75: Plimer vs Plimer
Category: The War on Science
Plimer contradicts himself on the same page of his book -- giving incorrect figures for CO2 concentrations immediately above a graph giving the correct numbers.
Posted by Tim Lambert at 11:05 AM • 18 Comments •
The Australian's War on Science 74: Spinning the IPCC Extreme Weather report
Category: The War on Science
According the the Australian, the IPCC SREX report found "Climate change effects unknown"
Posted by Tim Lambert at 11:07 AM • 15 Comments •
The Australian's War on Science 73: Blainey's false history
Category: The War on Science
Geoffrey Blainey gets his history wrong, falsely claiming that there was an overwhelming consensus against global warming in 1970.
Posted by Tim Lambert at 10:05 AM • 158 Comments •
The Australian's War on Science 72: George Pell learns nothing
Category: The War on Science
In a piece ironically titled "Be prudent with climate claims" (behind The Australian's paywall, search for the title if you want to read it) George Pell declares that, unlike him, "many politicians have never investigated the primary evidence." However, if...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 12:14 PM • 38 Comments •
The Australian's War on Science 71: Mitchell Nadin misrepresents
Category: The War on Science
No, a bloke standing on the beach does not prove sea levels are not rising
Posted by Tim Lambert at 12:32 PM • 57 Comments •
Robert Manne vs The Australian
Category: The War on Science
Robert Manne has written about the malign influence of The Australian on public affairs in Australia.
Posted by Tim Lambert at 3:34 PM • 57 Comments •
The Australian's War on Science 70: We know where you live
Category: The War on Science
I have an article in The Conversation on the misrepresentation of the science on sea level in news stories in The Australian: In August The Australian had a story by Ean Higgins on Tim Flannery's waterfront home. Higgins' message was...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 8:33 PM • 21 Comments •
The Australian's War on Science 69: Michael Asten
Category: The War on Science
In The Conversation Michael Ashley writes about The Australian's War on Science, with emphasis on Michael Asten's misrepresentations of the science. You can get an idea of the extent of *The Australian*'s campaign against climate science if you consider that even though I'm up to number 70 in this series, only one of Asten's four opinion pieces was previously covered here.
Posted by Tim Lambert at 7:05 PM • 9 Comments •
The Australian's War on Science 68: getting your science from a chain email
Category: The War on Science
Jane Fraser gets her science "facts" from a chain email. None of that tiresome fact checking needed if you write for the Australian!
Posted by Tim Lambert at 7:52 PM • 231 Comments •
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