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20 August 2014

When climate change denial is promoted in mainstream news

Including articles and comments from figures such as Matthew Ridley and Nigel Lawson without balance misleads the British public.

By Bob Ward

(Photo By Greenpeace activists led by Aurora, a giant polar bear puppet, through Westminster. Photo: Getty)

On 12 August, the Times newspaper published a long article by Matthew Ridley under the headline “The world’s gone to Hell, but trust me, it is getting much better”.

Ridley argued that a number of indicators showed that the quality of life has been improving across the globe.

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