1.0Climate Change Dispatchhttps://climatechangedispatch.comThomas Richardhttps://climatechangedispatch.com/author/ccdeditor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="iLQT2fDJR5"><a href="https://climatechangedispatch.com/eco-echo-chamber-amplifies-corrupt-skeptics-myth/">Eco-echo Chamber Amplifies “Corrupt Skeptics” Myth</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://climatechangedispatch.com/eco-echo-chamber-amplifies-corrupt-skeptics-myth/embed/#?secret=iLQT2fDJR5" width="600" height="338" title="“Eco-echo Chamber Amplifies “Corrupt Skeptics” Myth” — Climate Change Dispatch" data-secret="iLQT2fDJR5" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> In Merchants of Smear, a September 2014 Heartland Institute Policy Brief by investigative journalist Russell Cook, the origin of the idea skeptical scientists have been paid by industry to lie about climate change is finally revealed. Cook demonstrates the strategy to "reposition global warming as theory rather than fact" originated from instructions to public relations professionals working with an industry coalition responding to former Vice President Al Gore's climate activism. Contrary to popular opinion, it was "not a top-down directive ordering scientists to fabricate doubt," Cook says. 'Easy-to-Remember' Reporting Points Cook explains the mainstream media's approach to reporting climate change can be boiled down to "Three Easy-to-Remember Points" that are in fact not true:https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics7_merchants_movie.jpg