What is with the UK Telegraph misinformation about global warming?
The Daily Telegraph is a very right-wing, ultra-conservative daily newspaper, the Sunday version is the Sunday Telegraph which contains more editorial and numerous supplements which, if anything, are more conservative and right-wing than the weekday issues. They have run various ‘anti’ global warming stories but consistently fail to include any sources, which I notice they have done again with this most recent article. From time to time they include ‘pro’ GW stories as well – it seems to depend on who the journalist is. On balance they’re more anti than pro. It’s almost traditional in the UK that one newspaper will take a stand against all the others in order to appeal to like minded readers. For example, all the newspapers take a stand against the war in Iraq – apart from one, they all demand tougher immigration laws – apart from one, they all oppose the extreme nationalists – apart from one. In fact, it would be unusual in the UK if all the papers were to agree on a single issue. One
