rod mclaughlinYou can't make it up LXXXIII - Counterpunch gives in to groupthink (04 feb 16...05 feb 16)
Since Alexander Cockburn's death in 2012, the online magazine he founded, Counterpunch, has abandoned his sceptical view of the global warming industry. The latest outburst, from Peter Belmont, compares "climate change deniers" with Adolf Eichman: http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/02/02/no-holocausts-without-hitlers-but-what-about-climate-change/ In contrast, this is how Alexander Cockburn reacted to Climategate, denouncing the groupthink to which most of the left is prone: http://www.counterpunch.org/2009/12/18/turning-tricks-cashing-in-on-fear/ Back
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