One of the favourite tactics employed by the Australian in its war on science is quote mining. See, for example, Kininmonth's effort this week. Not surprisingly the Australian's Cut and Paste column is a big on quote mining. For example
Environment Minister Peter Garrett, on ABC1's Lateline on Monday, forecasts sea level rises of 6m:
TONY Jones: The report of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research will be released today.
It says that in west Antarctica the attribution of ice lost to human-driven warming is now strong, and it warns that a number of climate influences could amplify…
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