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>>>>>  Gore's movie is not a political propaganda piece.  It is based on the
>best scientific evidence we have in regard to Earth's climate.
>
>I really, truly want to believe both of those statements.  But my training
>is in journalism, and my brain just can't separate the concepts of "popular
>politician" and "documentary" without "bias" forcing 'em back together.
>Sorry.


Maybe the difficulty is that global warming, stem cell research, 
evolution etc. etc have been politicized in recent years so anything 
(this film or flock of Dodos) contra by someone who comes from that 
world, no matter how legitimate their interest and motives, gets 
tainted.

Martin

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