L.A. Times letters editor will no longer publish letters from climate-change denialists

by Ben Reilly Mon Oct 28, 2013 3:58 pm

Paul Thornton described the decision in language that is beautiful in its logic:

"Simply put, I do my best to keep errors of fact off the letters page; when one does run, a correction is published. Saying 'there's no sign humans have caused climate change' is not stating an opinion, it's asserting a factual inaccuracy."

Yep, sanity is a beautiful thing.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/27/publishing-letters-climate-change-deniers

by Ben Reilly Mon Oct 28, 2013 4:07 pm

Should mention the Sydney Morning Herald "has reached a similar conclusion." Bravo!

by veya_victaous Mon Oct 28, 2013 9:46 pm

@ben
because there are a couple of 100 homes that just burnt to the ground just ouside of Sydney(just with in commute distance I was seriously looking at buying a house there just the week before) in early Spring a good 3 months earlier than fire season is supposed to start.

The Rural Fire service is saying the fire are a starting earlier and getting worse every year. The Firies are trusted a billion times more than media or politicans (more than Police or Doctors too). the Moderate view has shifted, seeing family homes burnt to the ground has swayed public opinion.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/nsw-bushfires-live-updates-october-22-20131022-2vxsm.html

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