False Equivalence from AP

Statement released by AP:

Scientists who consider themselves real skeptics—who debunk mysticism, ESP and other pseudoscience, such as those who are part of the Center for Skeptical Inquiry—complain that non-scientists who reject mainstream climate science have usurped the phrase skeptic. They say they aren’t skeptics because “proper skepticism promotes scientific inquiry, critical investigation and the use of reason in examining controversial and extraordinary claims.” That group prefers the phrase “climate change deniers” for those who reject accepted global warming data and theory. But those who reject climate science say the phrase denier has the pejorative ring of Holocaust denier so The Associated Press prefers climate change doubter or someone who rejects mainstream science.

Okay, let’s not forget this.

More than 90% of peer-reviewed scientific literature supports the view that, as a result of humans burning fossil fuels, a buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is changing the earth’s climate.

If you ask me, calling someone who denies the validity of sound scientific evidence a denier is an accurate label. Saying that it relates to the Holocaust is completely absurd. This is clearly a false equivalence and reeks of neutrality bias. The facts have a well known liberal bias. And this strikes me as a highly political move from AP.

Resources to learn more about this below:

https://youtu.be/Plm6muYeV9w

http://news.sciencemag.org/scientific-community/2015/09/associated-press-no-more-climate-skeptics-or-deniers