1.0Climate Change Dispatchhttps://climatechangedispatch.comThomas Richardhttps://climatechangedispatch.com/author/ccdeditor/AP stylebook boots term climate 'denier' in favor of 'doubter'rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="1SeIyUmnJf"><a href="https://climatechangedispatch.com/ap-stylebook-boots-term-climate-denier-in-favor-of-doubter/">AP stylebook boots term climate ‘denier’ in favor of ‘doubter’</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://climatechangedispatch.com/ap-stylebook-boots-term-climate-denier-in-favor-of-doubter/embed/#?secret=1SeIyUmnJf" width="600" height="338" title="“AP stylebook boots term climate ‘denier’ in favor of ‘doubter’” — Climate Change Dispatch" data-secret="1SeIyUmnJf" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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In a release, the AP said this: "Our guidance is to use climate change doubters or those who reject mainstream climate science and to avoid the use of skeptics or deniers." The AP guidance for "those who reject mainstream climate science," then, would seem acceptable. But it's "doubter" that has proved controversial. "Those who are in denial of basic science, be it evolution or human-caused climate change, are in fact science-deniers," climate scientist Michael Mann told ThinkProgress. "To call them anything else, be it 'skeptic' or 'doubter,' is to grant an undeserved air of legitimacy to something that is simply not legitimate." ...https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_ap_stylebook.jpg