| Global Warming Visuals Often Distort Scientific Data |
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| Written by Diane Carol Bast, Heartland | |
| Monday, 03 March 2008 | |
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Page 1 of 2 A new study on the use of visual exhibits in the global warming
debate--a tactic employed regularly by former Vice President Al Gore in
his film, An Inconvenient Truth--reveals how graphs, charts, and other images can be accurate and still skew data to support a partisan view.
“Understanding Visual Exhibits in the Global Warming Debate” notes graphics are an integral component of the national discussion on climate change. They convey vast amounts of complex information in a way that is easily understood ... and easily manipulated. Author Ronald J. Rychlak notes, “Advocates have ‘packaged’ their evidence with charts, graphs, and other visual exhibits designed to have maximum impact with minimal effort on the part of the public. The manipulation of visuals--bar and line graphs, pie charts, even photographs--has proven to be a highly effective way to offer up scary scenarios ... and it is easily done. |
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