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Do you think it is a conspiracy ?
In a manner of speaking...more like GROUP THINK
The IPCCs credibility has been so thoroughly trashed that no one takes them seriously except the MSM. The MSM has largely succeeded in keeping the truth about the discredited IPCC in silence. The MSM trumpeted/spun the BALI conference as a success while in reality it was the KYOTO process funeral.
Policy makers do not rely on the NY Times, GISS, NAS, or the IPCC as informations sources.