Talk:Craig D. Idso

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[edit] This Funding Thing

On several pages dealing with people that hold contrary views on global warming, the writers (I'm not sure who) link to Exxon Secrets as though they are a reliable and unbiased source. I think that this is inappropriate behavior. It would be more appropriate to say that such things have been suggested or said about them, but this is clearly taking sides. That is not appropriate. I request that this be either removed or linked to as an example of criticism, but not objective fact. I expect better from you as an online encyclopedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.110.134.134 (talk) 23:32, 11 January 2008 (UTC) You know what, I made it more unbiased myself. It now has "has been accused" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.110.134.134 (talk) 23:41, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "Accused of of receiving funding from ExxonMobil"

The disclaimer that "Idso has been accused of receiving funding from ExxonMobil" is innuendo. Every scientist receives funds from some source. Most climate scienticst in the UN Climate Panel, I belive, are mostly sponsored by governments. So should'n every Wikipedia article on scientists paid by governments, say that they are accused of receiving funds for politicians and government. I'm willing to put up a web site accusing every one of them of receiving funds from the government, if that's what it takes to get some justice here. Clearly, what this disclaimer is, is a piece of ideologically based innuendo, false ideology, as marxists would put it, that government paid scientist are pure, and that scientists that have received funding from non-governmental corporations are dirty. Another ideology says that it's power that corrupts. Should Wikipedia subscribe to any of those ideologies? So either this disclaimer should apply to all funded scientist, or they should apply to no one.--85.165.64.30 (talk) 13:02, 8 April 2008 (UTC)