Monday, May 06, 2013

Al Gore wants to ‘awaken’ Rupert Murdoch on climate change

Al Gore hopes to cross paths again with media titan Rupert Murdoch to pitch him on the dangers of climate change. Here’s the tail end of Steve Fishman’s big new Gore profile in New York magazine: And there’s one specific capitalist he hopes to enlighten. Gore tells me of his ambition to have another meeting with Rupert Murdoch, to talk him through the issue, convert him to the cause. “There is still hope that he will awaken to the reality of this,” Gore says. “It would make a huge difference if he would.”  Fox News, The Wall Street Journal’s editorial pages and other Murdoch-controlled outlets are skeptical of the scientific consensus on climate change and its risks...more

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