Wikipedia Page on Propaganda Techniques Uses 97% Meme

[John Reece]

Wikipedia Page on Propaganda Techniques Uses 97% Meme

August 20th, 2014 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D.

Oh, this is too rich.

[David Hayward]

I expect you already know about the blog of WM Briggs, professor of statistics, who uses statistics and humour to rip into the various fallacious arguments proposed for global warming.

Here's four posts on the "97% of scientists agree" meme.

[John Reece]

I expect you already know about the blog of WM Briggs, professor of statistics, who uses statistics and humour to rip into the various fallacious arguments proposed for global warming.

Here's four posts on the "97% of scientists agree" meme.

Your link above, purportedly to four posts by WM Briggs, is actually to my OP at the beginning of this thread.

Please present the link about which you wrote above.

[David Hayward]

I expect you already know about the blog of WM Briggs, professor of statistics, who uses statistics and humour to rip into the various fallacious arguments proposed for global warming.

Here's four posts on the "97% of scientists agree" meme.

Sorry about the previous mis-link.

[John Reece]

I expect you already know about the blog of WM Briggs, professor of statistics, who uses statistics and humour to rip into the various fallacious arguments proposed for global warming.

Here's four posts on the "97% of scientists agree" meme.

Sorry about the previous mis-link.

[John Reece]

Censorship Alive and Well at Wikipedia

From the home page/blog of Dr. Roy Spencer:

Censorship Alive and Well at Wikipedia

August 21st, 2014 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D.

That didn’t take long. Less than 24 hours after I noted the use of the “97% of scientists agree” meme as an example of “propaganda techniques” on Wikipedia, the example has disappeared.

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