Similar to other talking points from the Al Gore side of the issue (e.g. the «tobacco industry parallel,» and the «inconsistent statements» notion), the bit about influential climate deniers having «a big megaphone» is a single - serving talking point, meant to be swallowed without question by the general public and regurgitated instantly by global warming believers when the need arises. (gelbspanfiles.com)
And when was scientific truth determined by a vote... especially when those allowed to vote are from the Global Warming Believers Party? (skepticalscience.com)
Global warming believers need only to counter dry recitations of skeptic science material with assertions about the numbers of «IPCC scientists», declare this to be the settled consensus opinion, then claim there is leaked memo evidence proving skeptics are paid industry money to «reposition global warming as theory rather than fact» — hoodwink the public, in other words. (gelbspanfiles.com)