So, there is something wrong with scientists working for money? John Willkie > -----Original Message----- > From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Tom Barry > Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 10:54 AM > To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [opendtv] Re: A Station Group with a Future > > > > John Shutt wrote: > > There are lies, damn lies, and statistics. > > And also paid-for lies, damn lies, and statistics. > > From yesterday's Slashdot article: > <http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/02/1511229> > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Scientists Offered Cash to Dispute Climate Study > > "According to an article in the Guardian > <http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,2004399,00.html>, > scientists and economists have been offered large bribes by a lobbying > group funded by ExxonMobil. The offers were extended by the American > Enterprise Institute group, which apparently has numerous ties to the > Bush administration. Couched in terms of an offer to write 'dissenting > papers' against the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate > Change, several scientists contacted for the article refused the offers > on conflict of interest grounds." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.