Comments on: Here’s the TVO debate on climate change and the media, in case you missed it http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2010/03/12/heres-the-tvo-debate-on-climate-change-and-the-media-in-case-you-missed-it/ Trends, happenings and innovations in the clean technology market Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:28:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mattbg http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2010/03/12/heres-the-tvo-debate-on-climate-change-and-the-media-in-case-you-missed-it/comment-page-1/#comment-9931 mattbg Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:00:28 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/?p=2202#comment-9931 I found #1 very interesting, too.. for the same reasons MrCannuckistan mentioned. One question I have is: why could they not find someone with a greater differential in their point of view for that panel? I speculate: nobody from the firmly supportive side will agree to debate in such a panel because it would legitimize the other side, and they are taking the position that there is nothing to debate. Larry King had Lindzen (an MIT professor with directly relevant expertise) on a panel not long ago and the best opposition they could come up with was Bill Nye The Science Guy. He simply took the incredulous "how could you possibly deny?" position and did not have enough knowledge to counteract Lindzen. As Mr. Cannuckistan mentioned, Hadi Dowlatabadi pretty much agreed with Lindzen on most points (who is frequently denigrated as a "denier"), and Hadi is a Canada Research Chair on the issue. I found #1 very interesting, too.. for the same reasons MrCannuckistan mentioned.

One question I have is: why could they not find someone with a greater differential in their point of view for that panel? I speculate: nobody from the firmly supportive side will agree to debate in such a panel because it would legitimize the other side, and they are taking the position that there is nothing to debate.

Larry King had Lindzen (an MIT professor with directly relevant expertise) on a panel not long ago and the best opposition they could come up with was Bill Nye The Science Guy. He simply took the incredulous “how could you possibly deny?” position and did not have enough knowledge to counteract Lindzen.

As Mr. Cannuckistan mentioned, Hadi Dowlatabadi pretty much agreed with Lindzen on most points (who is frequently denigrated as a “denier”), and Hadi is a Canada Research Chair on the issue.

]]> By: Jp Warren http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2010/03/12/heres-the-tvo-debate-on-climate-change-and-the-media-in-case-you-missed-it/comment-page-1/#comment-9856 Jp Warren Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:22:35 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/?p=2202#comment-9856 Yale University has an ongoing blog on the topic of climate change and the media, started a few years ago. Lots of articles on the subject; http://www.yaleclimatemediaforum.org/index.php Yale University has an ongoing blog on the topic of climate change and the media, started a few years ago. Lots of articles on the subject; http://www.yaleclimatemediaforum.org/index.php

]]> By: MrCannuckistan http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2010/03/12/heres-the-tvo-debate-on-climate-change-and-the-media-in-case-you-missed-it/comment-page-1/#comment-9826 MrCannuckistan Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:49:39 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/?p=2202#comment-9826 I'd really like to hear your comments about episode 1 with Richard Lindzen and Hadi Dowlatabadi. One a sceptic and the other a consensus supporter, yet somehow they both share much the same opinions. Care to comment? http://www.tvo.org/TVO/WebObjects/TVO.woa?videoid?71356252001 MrC I’d really like to hear your comments about episode 1 with Richard Lindzen and Hadi Dowlatabadi. One a sceptic and the other a consensus supporter, yet somehow they both share much the same opinions. Care to comment?

http://www.tvo.org/TVO/WebObjects/TVO.woa?videoid?71356252001

MrC

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