She’s gotten away with all she puts out because nobody major – such as a potential reference to her authoritative assertions within arguments at a Supreme Court hearing – has ever illustrated just how hugely crippling the problem is.
Case in point is her 2024 University of Rhode Island presentation on (ironically titled) “Democracy in Peril,” in which her focus was on how ‘disinformation is a key factor eroding Democratic trust and transparency.’ That, coming from a person who’s real goal since 2004 has been to erode trust in the credibility of skeptic climate scientists through outright disinformation. It’s breathtaking to see this in action:
10:12 point, the host’s introduction: … Using diverse examples from corporate profit motives to public health crises, she examines how elites often purposefully use disinformation to undermine trust and to distort public understanding. Without sound information to draw upon, the core foundation of democracy, that people are the best judges of their own interests, is undermined.
If the bit there isn’t the perfect psychological projection of exactly what the enviro-activist elites themselves have done throughout the entire collective global warming issue, I don’t know what better summation could be made. By way of example, the PBS NewsHour news outlet has never provided its viewing audience with sound information on the issue, but has withheld vital information on it – the entire skeptic scientists side – for around three decades. This presentation here, meanwhile, couldn’t even get far enough along to actually have her speak before telegraphing exactly how she accuses others of doing exactly what she does.
12:52, Naomi Oreskes: … I think we all know that in the long run, denial makes things worse …