Or so says KLIMARETTER.INFO. Here is the google auto-trans from the German:
Provocative it is, but apparently it is not enough: the issue of the conservative magazine, Focus on the benefits of global warming is only a little German kiosks have been sold to the. The booklet, entitled "Great atmosphere!" is , according to the Hamburger Abendblatt 84 000 times over the counter moved only - that is the worst result in the entire year 2010.
Just in time for the world climate summit in Cancun, Mexico made the Focus a frontispiece with, the polar bear with sunglasses showing a. For this, the headline: "New thinking: Global warming is good for us." In the summary, the claim into perspective: Climate change conferred no damage, but it is in many regions a blessing for man and nature. The The article itself is "new studies" spoken of, which showed that heating also) ADVANTAGE (! - but actually it is a truism, which is known since years.
In retrospect, the high density of a notorious facts not worth it for the Focus: The kiosk was selling about 25 percent below the average for the previous year.
So, denialist lies aren't selling well - though you'd need to compare it to other GW issues to see if it isn't just because people are bored with the whole topic.
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> global warming denial ... German media
http://www.speroforum.com/a/20054/German-scientists-reject-manmade-glob… (Yes, it's imported Morano)
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/0,1518,739422-4,00.html
Translation by a native speaker:
[Thanks. But I thought google's version was funnier :-) -W]
How can "climate change would not only cause damages, but would be a blessing for man and nature in many regions of the world" be a denialist lie if "that the warming would entail advantages, too...is a truism, known for many years"?
How can a magazine that does not deny global warming or it's causes be called denialist? Does mere disagreement on regional effects merit the denier label?
What does this have to do with a carbon tax?
Paul Kelly: "Global warming is good for us" is a standard denier lie. And no, I do not accept the "it's just a headline" defense. It's the only thing most people will ever see. Besides, we do not know how much BS could be in the article.
Not to put a fine point on it, but that was the hook, the article was really about how Focus is losing out to der Spiegel (which as Eli remembers also had its interesting takes on much of the climate news) and is in economic trouble. Focus was set up as sort of the libertoonian, ain't entrepreneurs great answer to the vaguely left Spiegel, and this may be saying more about the fall of the Free Democrats than anything else
As far as I know, there is no global warming denail in our German media.
The only good feeding frenzies these days are in the fishbowl:
http://shewonk.wordpress.com/2011/01/16/denial-chum-curry-style/