Several weeks ago, I pointed out how several popular climate skeptic blogs had disingenuously parroted the headline from that skewed Rasmussen poll:
69% Say It's Likely Scientists Have Falsified Global Warming Research
Shortly afterwards, I noticed a similar copy and paste job by Ronald Bailey at his libertarian outlet. Like the climate skeptics I cited (Anthony Watts and Bishop Hill), Bailey wasn't at all skeptical about Rasmussen's methodology, particularly the phrasing of the question that elicited that eye-popping figure. Shockingly, Fox News played up the Rasmussen poll, too.
So I can't say I was surprised yesterday to hear Texas Governor Rick Perry, a darling of the Tea Party, and the newest Republican entrant into the 2012 Presidential race, state:
I think there are a substantial number of scientists who have manipulated data so that they will have dollars rolling into their projects.
This, combined with other previous statements on climate ...
