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From: Informal Science Education Network
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Evan Koblentz

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.

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I dunno on that, Evan. A reasonably well-respected skeptic (Carl Sagan)
would likely include the above statement under one item in his "baloney
detection kit" --- the ad hominem attack. 

"Al Gore is a (retired) politician, therefore anything he says must be
politically biased/political propaganda"... that's attacking Gore
himself, not doing anything to demonstrate that the movie in question
is, in fact, propaganda or is scientifically flawed.

Jonah Cohen
Outreach & Public Programs Manager
The Children's Museum

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