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Despite An Inconvenient Truth's Oscar win and Al Gore's Nobel, public opinion of global warming has changed little since the film's release in 2006.
As Matt Nisbet recently pointed out: "Conventional wisdom pegged Gore's film and media campaign as changing the nature of the debate in the public's mind, but unfortunately this interpretation doesn't hold up to the data." Even more surprising is that apparently the debate is most heated among the college educated.
What about you guys? Did the film only tell you what you already knew? Did it change your mind? Did it bore you to tears?
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Comments
I said no, because I already knew global warming was a serious problem. The movie didn't change my opinion, just confirmed it.
Posted by: Dave Munger | May 12, 2008 3:49 PM
I knew global warming was a problem before the movie, you should have that option as one of the choices.
If I vote no, as the poll stands now, will you assume I am stubborn and unconvincable or will you assume that the movie was pretty much old news as far as I am concerned?
Posted by: Britomart | May 13, 2008 9:56 AM
I voted "no" as well but for the reason listed above - I already believed that global warming was a serious issue before seeing the film.
Posted by: Tim | May 13, 2008 10:39 AM
No vote is cast for all the inaccuracies in the movie and Gore's book.
Posted by: Jim | May 13, 2008 11:26 AM